Coronavirus

[@mwooly63]

Did I hear right that the UK has 9000 infections today???

No was 5k plus

[mexico red]

?

[Quagmire]

That’s incorrect - 5706 it was.

[Banker]

UK Government: "Today’s figures for positive tests have been adjusted to include positive case results from swab testing for key workers and their households. "

[Jimmy HaveHave]

That’s incorrect - 5706 it was.

8681 new cases showing today

[AldbourneRed]

That’s incorrect - 5706 it was.

8681 did actually test positive but that's because they've started including swab testing in the figures from today, so the number isn't comparable to previous days.
5195 is how many would have been reported by the previous criteria, but there were in fact 8681 positive tests.


This is the government statement:

"Today’s figures for positive tests have been adjusted to include positive case results from swab testing for key workers and their households (pillar 2). These will be included in the daily figures from today, 10 April. If these results were excluded from the figures, as they have been previously, the daily increase in the number of people who tested positive would have been 5,195. Data on positive case results from swab testing for key workers and their households between 25 March and 8 April is available"
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Kenny Dalglish admitted to hospital with it.

[Jimmy HaveHave]

8681 did actually test positive but that's because they've started including swab testing in the figures from today, so the number isn't comparable to previous days.
5195 is how many would have been reported by the previous criteria, but there were in fact 8681 positive tests.


This is the government statement:

"Today’s figures for positive tests have been adjusted to include positive case results from swab testing for key workers and their households (pillar 2). These will be included in the daily figures from today, 10 April. If these results were excluded from the figures, as they have been previously, the daily increase in the number of people who tested positive would have been 5,195. Data on positive case results from swab testing for key workers and their households between 25 March and 8 April is available"
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

It's certainly confusing!

[StfcRusty]

Kenny Dalglish admitted to hospital with it.

Actually he was admitted for an unrelated infection but routine coronavirus test showed he has it.  Currently asymptomatic which, if that remains the case, would be very interesting and encouraging really given his age.  Could mean that there's a lot more people out there, and not just young healthly people, who have or have had the virus

[Jimmy HaveHave]

Actually he was admitted for an unrelated infection but routine coronavirus test showed he has it.  Currently asymptomatic which, if that remains the case, would be very interesting and encouraging really given his age.  Could mean that there's a lot more people out there, and not just young healthly people, who have or have had the virus

A healthy guy from work self isolated two weeks ago with a sore throat and sadly deteriorated and we were told yesterday that he had passed away so it proves nobody is safe from the virus

[Flashheart]

8681 did actually test positive but that's because they've started including swab testing in the figures from today, so the number isn't comparable to previous days.
5195 is how many would have been reported by the previous criteria, but there were in fact 8681 positive tests.


This is the government statement:

"Today’s figures for positive tests have been adjusted to include positive case results from swab testing for key workers and their households (pillar 2). These will be included in the daily figures from today, 10 April. If these results were excluded from the figures, as they have been previously, the daily increase in the number of people who tested positive would have been 5,195. Data on positive case results from swab testing for key workers and their households between 25 March and 8 April is available"
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

OK, that makes sense now.

Similar to that surge in Chinese figures when they changed the criteria for diagnosis, which seemed so much in the distant past.

[RobertT]

It's certainly confusing!

Essentially the UK has under reported up until now, the number of people with the Virus.  It's likely a lot of other countries have done the same though.  The UK has focused on Hospital's I think - it's why Swindon's rate of infection seems low but a high % of deaths have occurred.  Italy reverted to a similar approach during their shit storm as they couldn't cope with testing and treating at the same time.

The USA has expanded testing in recent days/past week or so, and you've seen the infection numbers sky rocket as a result.  Think I saw some modelling done that reckoned the infection rate was multiple factors higher than any country is reporting but mortality rate will come in the range of 0.3% to 0.4% (because while death numbers are likely higher than reported, not by the same magnitude as infection).  That's still 3 or 4 times higher than Flu, and shows why the USA is cranking up around 2k deaths a day now.

[Jimmy HaveHave]

Essentially the UK has under reported up until now, the number of people with the Virus.  It's likely a lot of other countries have done the same though.  The UK has focused on Hospital's I think - it's why Swindon's rate of infection seems low but a high % of deaths have occurred.  Italy reverted to a similar approach during their shit storm as they couldn't cope with testing and treating at the same time.

The USA has expanded testing in recent days/past week or so, and you've seen the infection numbers sky rocket as a result.  Think I saw some modelling done that reckoned the infection rate was multiple factors higher than any country is reporting but mortality rate will come in the range of 0.3% to 0.4% (because while death numbers are likely higher than reported, not by the same magnitude as infection).  That's still 3 or 4 times higher than Flu, and shows why the USA is cranking up around 2k deaths a day now.

Thanks for explaining Robert

[Quagmire]

Well in that case I stand corrected, apologies Mex.

[Flashheart]

Thank fuck it's 'only' 5,000.

What time's we're living in.