Hindsight - No Covid deaths recorded 1st June in the UK

[LizzieL]

18 deaths reported today and new cases over 5000. Looks like the zero figure was just a delay in reporting over the bank holiday.

Which is what I thought in my previous post. I was getting really cross on Tuesday when they kept announcing about zero deaths for the first time in months. It was obvious that it was because of the long holiday weekend when deaths weren't reported.

Moe than 6000 new cases today

[ReadyDale]

18 deaths reported today and new cases over 5000. Looks like the zero figure was just a delay in reporting over the bank holiday.

Which is what I thought in my previous post. I was getting really cross on Tuesday when they kept announcing about zero deaths for the first time in months. It was obvious that it was because of the long holiday weekend when deaths weren't reported.

Moe than 6000 new cases today

"However, the seven-day average for deaths is down by 5.2% and hospitalisations are down by 2.2%" (from the BBC)

[Nick_Ips]

Great to hear the news that there were no recorded deaths attributable to Covid-19 today.

Looking at the figures broken down by area (UTLA/LTLA) it was actually net zero - there were deaths, but the total was offset by deductions of deaths previously attributed incorrectly.

For example at the Upper Tier LA level the number of deaths to date and changes were:-

Area       31/05/21       01/06/21       Change              Cheshire East       801       796       -5              Essex       3949       3947       -2              Barnet       743       742       -1              Buckinghamshire       981       980       -1              Central Bedfordshire       571       570       -1              County Durham       1249       1248       -1              Croydon       806       805       -1              Dorset       528       527       -1              Gateshead       426       425       -1              Greenwich       430       429       -1              Herefordshire County of       283       282       -1              Nottingham       619       618       -1              Rotherham       754       753       -1              Solihull       537       536       -1              Southampton       320       319       -1              Surrey       2422       2421       -1              Wakefield       769       768       -1              Warwickshire       1070       1069       -1       Total deductions       Westminster       299       298       -1       -24       Bexley       564       565       1              Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole       860       861       1              Bracknell Forest       158       159       1              Fermanagh and Omagh       85       86       1              Gloucestershire       951       952       1              Harrow       503       504       1              Havering       833       834       1              Kent       3996       3997       1              Kingston upon Thames       307       308       1              North Yorkshire       872       873       1              Peterborough       339       340       1              Sefton       793       794       1              Stockton-on-Tees       441       442       1              Worcestershire       1215       1216       1              Devon       688       690       2              Hertfordshire       2462       2464       2              Warrington       485       487       2       Total additions    Cheshire West and Chester       866       870       4       24    ...which gives the net zero figure widely reported in the media.

[Gillg]

...and 12 deaths.  This thing is far from over and I won't be rushing to book a holiday yet, though we had hoped to go abroad at the end of July (nothing booked, just a date in mind).  Just waiting for Johnson & Hancock to announce that the June 21st date will be postponed.

[Gadget]

Ready Dale

Hospitalisations and deaths come after the diagnoses!.

So, with cases going up this week ( see ONS reports today), one might expect hospitalisations and deaths to increase over the next  few weeks.

R is now 1-1.2 up from 1.1 a week ago.

[ReadyDale]

Ready Dale

Hospitalisations and deaths come after the diagnoses!.

So, with cases going up this week ( see ONS reports today), one might expect hospitalisations and deaths to increase over the next  few weeks.

R is now 1-1.2 up from 1.1 a week ago.

Yes, but with such a high proportion of the population vaccinated, and the majority of those that aren't in the categories where the risk of hospitalisations and deaths is low (not nil, but low), the number look unlikely to skyrocket

[BushInn1746]

Kettle elements make water taste a bit metallic, so I usually have a mix of tea (boiled from the tap) during the day and Spring Water if out, or not having tea. I have to have drink water in the middle of the night due to waking with extreme thirst.

Even though the virus likely went over a year ago, I have been left very thirsty.


Mark

[NSWP]

6238 new cases on Friday for UK, that is a real worry, gone up by two thirds. This Delta virus is the problem is it not? Stay safe out there folks.

[Mowsehowse]

6238 new cases on Friday for UK, that is a real worry, gone up by two thirds. This Delta virus is the problem is it not? Stay safe out there folks.

Yes, a real worry.   Thanks for the good wishes.
And the problem? Certainly the Delta variant has been allowed to become a serious problem.

IMO, if open borders, pitiful quarantine measures and lax tracing had been controlled effectively since January 2020, the rest might be more easily controlled.