The 9am figures not disclosed yet?

As of 9am on 27 April, there have been 719,910 tests, with 37,024 tests on 26 April.

569,768 people have been tested, of whom 157,149 have tested positive.

As of 5pm on 26 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 21,092 have died.

2.8% increase in positives. Lowest to date.
 
Today's headline analysis:

• 4,310 new infections in 24-hour period, slightly lower than yesterday's 4,463
• 4-day average for new infections decreases by 1.4%, following 0.1% increase yesterday (and first decrease in four days)
• 360 additional deaths reported in 24-hour period, down from 413 yesterday
• 4-day average for new deaths decreases by 10.6%, following 11.7% decrease yesterday (and third consecutive decrease)
• We continue to track above Italy on a days since 20th death basis and level with Spain. We have followed broadly the same trajectory for the past 43 days and have been tracking above Italy for the past 26 days.
• We are approximately 12 days behind Italy’s numbers (from 11.5 days behind yesterday)
 
bear66 said:
As of 9am on 27 April, there have been 719,910 tests, with 37,024 tests on 26 April.

569,768 people have been tested, of whom 157,149 have tested positive.

As of 5pm on 26 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 21,092 have died.

2.8% increase in positives. Lowest to date.
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I always look forward to your posts bear & Billy Horner too, hoping to see the glim of light continue
 
As of 9am on 28 April, there have been 763,387 tests, with 43,563 tests on 27 April.

599,339 people have been tested, of whom 161,145 have tested positive.

As of 5pm on 27 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 21,678 have died.

2.5% increase in positive tests.
 
Today's headline analysis:

• 3,996 new infections in 24-hour period, down from yesterday's 4,310
• 4-day average for new infections decreases by 7.3%, following 1.4% decrease yesterday
• 586 additional deaths reported in 24-hour period, up from 360 yesterday
• 4-day average for new deaths decreases by 7.7%, following 10.6% decrease yesterday (and fourth consecutive decrease)
• We continue to track above Italy on a days since 20th death basis and level with Spain. We have followed broadly the same trajectory for the past 44 days, have been tracking above Italy for the past 27 days and level with Spain for the past 3 days.
• We are approximately 12 days behind Italy’s numbers (same as yesterday)
• We are approximately 4.5 days behind Spain’s numbers (same as yesterday)
 
Billy Horner said:
Today's headline analysis:

• 3,996 new infections in 24-hour period, down from yesterday's 4,310
• 4-day average for new infections decreases by 7.3%, following 1.4% decrease yesterday
• 586 additional deaths reported in 24-hour period, up from 360 yesterday
• 4-day average for new deaths decreases by 7.7%, following 10.6% decrease yesterday (and fourth consecutive decrease)
• We continue to track above Italy on a days since 20th death basis and level with Spain. We have followed broadly the same trajectory for the past 44 days, have been tracking above Italy for the past 27 days and level with Spain for the past 3 days.
• We are approximately 12 days behind Italy’s numbers (same as yesterday)
• We are approximately 4.5 days behind Spain’s numbers (same as yesterday)
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Billy, you keep stating behind Italys numbers for example, as of 12 days ago, we're Italys figures decreasing at that time, what are we looking at as a comparison, cheers
 
The 4-day average for deaths is now at broadly the same level as it was on 2nd April.

It took 8 days from 2nd April for the 4-day average to peak, but has taken 17 days since that peak to return to the same level. This illustrates the asymmetrical nature of the curve (the 'long tail').
 
Erimus74 said:
Billy, you keep stating behind Italys numbers for example, as of 12 days ago, we're Italys figures decreasing at that time, what are we looking at as a comparison, cheers
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I use it as a measure to illustrate how our numbers are comparing with those of other countries. Italy has been a good comparison, as we were on a similar trajectory to them well over a month ago.

As an illustration, just under three weeks ago, the UK was 15 day's behind Italy's numbers. Now we are 12 days behind, so we have 'caught up' by 3 days in that timeframe (obviously, this is not a good thing).

The main reasons for this are that we peaked a little higher than Italy (our 4-day average peak was 929; Italy's was 844) and we have averaged more deaths per day on the way down (in the 17 days since our peak, the UK daily average is 694; Italy's was 622). That difference in daily average has actually narrowed slightly in the past few days, so hopefully things may be starting to level out.
 
Why are people not reporting the a risk figures of people who had died in the last 24 hours instead of the totting up procedure? Or have I read that wrong?
 
RandySavage said:
Why are people not reporting the a risk figures of people who had died in the last 24 hours instead of the totting up procedure? Or have I read that wrong?
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It takes too long to accurately report deaths on any particular day, as hospitals take different lengths of time to report deaths and the consent of next of kin is also required, so you have to use deaths announced on a daily basis, which will include those which occured across several different days. Assuming that reporting delays are relatively uniform in nature, it's still a good measure of trend.

To give you an idea of the problem, if we look at deaths which occured in English hospitals on Saturday 11th April, that was first reported on 12th April when it was stated that 121 people had died on that specific day. The number was subsequently revised upwards and upwards over the following days, and it is now reported that the number who died in English hospitals on 11th April is 732.

If you're interested in the actual daily numbers, Bear posted a chart on the other thread yesterday which shows them (with the caveat that the most recent numbers will be revised upwards in the coming days).
 
Information seems to be being presented differently.

Total number of lab-confirmed UK cases
165,221

Daily number of lab-confirmed UK cases
4,076

UK deaths
26,097
Deaths of people who have had a positive test result confirmed.

765
Number of new deaths reported today

The breakdown of tests isn't given, but the daily press briefing had about half of the positive tests as "NHS" hospital presentees. That gives a new infection rate of 2.5%, half of which are more serious cases. The lowest increase so far.
 
Today's headline analysis:

• 4,076 new infections in 24-hour period, slightly up from yesterday's 3,996
• 4-day average for new infections decreases by 4.7%, following 7.3% decrease yesterday (and third consecutive daily decrease)
• 608 additional hospital deaths reported in 24-hour period, up from 586 yesterday
• 4-day average for new deaths decreases by 9.4%, following 7.7% decrease yesterday (and fifth consecutive daily decrease)
• We continue to track above Italy on a days since 20th death basis and level with Spain. We have followed broadly the same trajectory for the past 45 days, have been tracking above Italy for the past 28 days and level with Spain for the past 4 days.
• We are approximately 12 days behind Italy’s numbers (same as yesterday)
• We are approximately 4.5 days behind Spain’s numbers (same as yesterday)
 
Notes - as Bear states, fewer than 50% of new infections reported were based on hospital tests. This is the first time this has occured during the crisis.

You will note that I have referred to 'hospital deaths'. This is due to the new reporting criteria, which now includes all deaths following a positive test, regardless of setting. I will need to work back through the new data before deciding whether to use them for historical comparison purposes. Even then, it will be necessary to keep track of hospital reported deaths for international comparisons.
 
They finally put up yesterday's figures today, so it looks like they're going to continue with the same format.

As of 9am on 29 April, there have been 818,539 tests, with 52,429 tests on 28 April.

632,794 people have been tested, of whom 165,221 have tested positive.

As of 5pm on 28 April, of those who tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, 26,097 have died. This new figure includes deaths in all settings not just in hospitals. The equivalent figure under the old measure would have been 22,286.
 
As of 9am on 30 April, there have been 901,905 tests, with 81,611 tests on 29 April.

687,369 people have been tested, of whom 171,253 have tested positive.

As of 5pm on 29 April, of those who tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, 26,771 have died. This new figure includes deaths in all settings, not just in hospitals. The equivalent figure under the old measure would have been 22,791.

3.5% increase in positive tests. Half of which were in hospitals.
 
Today's headline analysis:

• 6,032 new infections in 24-hour period, significantly up from yesterday's 4,076
• 4-day average for new infections increases by 9.3%, following 4.7% decrease yesterday (and three previous daily decreases)
• 674 new deaths in all settings reported in 24-hour period, down from 795 yesterday
• 4-day average for new deaths in all settings increases by 10.3%, following 1.9% decrease yesterday (and five previous daily decreases)
• Using the government's new defintion, we are tracking significantly above both Italy and Spain on a days since 100th death basis. We have been tracking above Italy for the past 29 days and above Spain for the past 9 days.
• We are approximately 4 days behind Italy’s numbers
• We are approximately 3 days ahead of Spain’s numbers
 
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