The 9am figures not disclosed yet?

Today's headline analysis:

• 129,587 new cases reported in 24-hour period, up from yesterday's 120,821
• 7-day average for new cases decreases by 5.9% to 148,353 per day, following 8.1% decrease yesterday (and 6th daily decrease in the past 7 days)
• 7-day average for new cases is 17.0% lower than one week ago (from 10.9% lower yesterday) and 18.6% higher than two weeks ago (from 38.2% higher yesterday and 94.4% higher 7 days ago)
• 2,180 new admissions to English hospitals in 24-hour period, up from yesterday's 1,975
• 7-day average for admissions to English hospitals decreases by 0.3% to 2,010 per day, following 0.7% increase yesterday
• 7-day average for admissions to English hospitals is 1.4% lower than one week ago (from 2.3% higher yesterday) and 56.0% higher than two weeks ago (from 69.4% higher yesterday and 143.4% higher 7 days ago)
• 16,881 Covid patients in English hospitals, down from yesterday's 16,939
• Number of Covid patients in English hospitals decreases by 0.3%, following 1.1% decrease yesterday
• Number of Covid patients in English hospitals is 7.8% higher than one week ago (from 12.6% higher yesterday) and 61.4% higher than two weeks ago (from 77.4% higher yesterday and 121.2% higher 7 days ago)
• 398 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported in 24-hour period, up from 379 yesterday
• 7-day average for new deaths within 28 days of a positive test increases by 3.9% to 246.1 per day, following 24.8% increase yesterday (and 6th consecutive daily increase)
• 7-day average for new deaths within 28 days of a positive test is 44.2% higher than one week ago (from 78.6% higher yesterday) and 233.9% higher than two weeks ago (from 182.1% higher yesterday and 52.6% higher 7 days ago)

Highest daily reported deaths since 24th February 2021.

Yesterday I posted that I expected a fall in the 7-day average today, as the effects of last week's bank holiday worked their way out of the numbers. That has clearly not happened and, whilst there is still the possibility of a correction in the coming days, it demonstrates that we enter the new year with a significantly higher average number of deaths than before the Christmas period.
 
Today's headline analysis:

• 109,133 new cases reported in 24-hour period, down from yesterday's 129,587
• 7-day average for new cases decreases by 6.8% to 138,264 per day, following 5.9% decrease yesterday (and 7th daily decrease in the past 8 days)
• 7-day average for new cases is 22.0% lower than one week ago (from 17.0% lower yesterday) and 2.4% higher than two weeks ago (from 18.6% higher yesterday and 84.0% higher 7 days ago)
• 2,127 new admissions to English hospitals in 24-hour period, slightly down from yesterday's 2,180
• 7-day average for admissions to English hospitals increases by 0.2% to 2,014 per day, following 0.3% decrease yesterday
• 7-day average for admissions to English hospitals is 1.3% lower than one week ago (from 1.4% lower yesterday) and 40.9% higher than two weeks ago (from 56.0% higher yesterday and 132.5% higher 7 days ago)
• 16,716 Covid patients in English hospitals, down from yesterday's 16,881
• Number of Covid patients in English hospitals decreases by 1.0%, following 0.3% decrease yesterday (and 3rd consecutive daily decrease)
• Number of Covid patients in English hospitals is 4.1% higher than one week ago (from 7.8% higher yesterday) and 46.0% higher than two weeks ago (from 61.4% higher yesterday and 125.7% higher 7 days ago)
• 335 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported in 24-hour period, down from 398 yesterday
• 7-day average for new deaths within 28 days of a positive test increases by 6.0% to 261.0per day, following 3.9% increase yesterday (and 7th consecutive daily increase)
• 7-day average for new deaths within 28 days of a positive test is 67.0% higher than one week ago (from 44.2% higher yesterday) and 160.6% higher than two weeks ago (from 233.9% higher yesterday and 39.5% higher 7 days ago)

First instance of 3 consecutive days with more than 300 reported deaths since 26th February 2021.
 
Did I read today that more than 50% in hospital with Covid are being treated for something else (I.e not in hospital because of Covid)?
 
Pak_Doo_Ik said:
Did I read today that more than 50% in hospital with Covid are being treated for something else (I.e not in hospital because of Covid)?
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I'd seen the figure 44%. Does infection control need tightening up in hospitals or is it the patients with no symptoms on a combination of both?
 
Randy said:
I'd seen the figure 44%. Does infection control need tightening up in hospitals or is it the patients with no symptoms on a combination of both?
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2 weeks ago it was just over 30%. Not sure what it is now. I also don't think these are people catching covid in hospital but asymptomatic people who go to hospital for another treatment and are routinely tested and test positive.
 
There's little way of controlling an airborne virus from an infection control point of view.

Staff literally work until they are deemed positive at present, regardless of household cases. Patients don't always test positive on entry so they aren't isolated.

Unless you literally treat everyone as positive and have individual rooms and full grade PPE you won't stop cases spreading in hospital.

High community transmission will always mean high hospital transmission.
 
Laughing said:
2 weeks ago it was just over 30%. Not sure what it is now. I also don't think these are people catching covid in hospital but asymptomatic people who go to hospital for another treatment and are routinely tested and test positive.
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A lot will catch it in hospital, very difficult to stop it unfortunately.
 
Laughing said:
You would think so but witty described the incidental covid hospitalizations as people who tested positive on arrival.
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I'm not sure how they categorise them. Certainly within organisations patients are swabbed on arrival and generally monitored for hospital acquired bugs which are recorded. There are plenty of cases that are acquired from within, and I expect some that bring it in with them too.

Probably hard to differentiate if the incubation time is anything from days to 10+ days.
 
Back below 100k today, admissions look topped out at 2500 per day, and deaths look like they've stopped increasing.

I wonder how much of an effect Molnupiravir has had on the deaths.

Might be on the home straight now.
 
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