Indeed … :!:
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[*]Cases have risen dramatically to a new record high … :shock:
[*]Deaths have risen dramatically to a new record high … :shock:
[*]Hospitalisations have risen to a record high (as of 4/1) :shock:
[*]Tests are rising (as of 7/1) … 
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415,000 new recorded cases in the last 7 days … 
At this rate, there will have been 1,850,000+ for January by monthend … :!:
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[*]Cases have fallen slightly
[*]Deaths have fallen slightly but the latest take the total since the pandemic start to 80,868 … 
[*]Hospitalisations have risen to a NEW record high (as of 5/1) … :shock:
[*]Tests are rising (as of 7/1) (not updated)
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418,000 new recorded cases in the last 7 days …
At this rate, there will have been 1,850,000+ for January by monthend … :!:
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[*]Cases have fallen
[*]Deaths have fallen
[*]Hospitalisations have risen to a NEW record high (as of 5/1) (not updated) … :shock:
[*]Tests are rising (as of 7/1) (not updated)
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418,000 new recorded cases in the last 7 days …
At this rate, there will have been 1,850,000+ for January by monthend … :!:
Currently, around one in 50 people across the UK is infected and Prof Whitty told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “There’s a very high chance that if you meet someone unnecessarily they will have Covid.”
In a separate interview with BBC One’s Breakfast, he said: “This is everybody’s problem. Any single unnecessary contact you have with someone is a potential link in a chain of transmission that will lead to a vulnerable person.”
No use telling the young people of today that … they won’t believe you … 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-55614993
Health Secretary Matt Hancock leading No 10 briefing
Laura Bundock from Sky News asks if it was complacent for the prime minister to allow mixing indoors over Christmas - and if we are paying the price now.
Apparently, Hancock ignores the question and, instead:
Matt Hancock says what we’re seeing is that “the new variant of the virus is incredibly transmissible” and is “highly contagious”. The fact it spreads so easily means we have an “incredibly difficult few weeks ahead of us”. It is imperative everybody follows the rules - and doesn’t see them as a limit to be stretched.
“I know that’s difficult but it’s so important for everybody,” he says. The health secretary stresses the importance of the public following the restrictions of the current lockdown.
Asked by Emily Morgan of ITV whether it was time to make the rules stricter amid reports of people not sticking to them at the weekend, Matt Hancock says: "We keep these things under review and we have demonstrated that we’re willing to tighten the rules if they need to be tightened.
“But the thing that really matters right here, right now is that everybody follows the rules as they are today. And everybody can play their part in doing that.”
Hancock has applauded the police for arresting two female walkers in Debyshire:
Derbyshire Police handed out £200 fines to two women who drove separately to go for a walk at a remote beauty spot
while, along with the rest of the government, totally ignoring:
‘Patience wearing thin’ with football after continued breaches of rules and protocols
Frankly, I expected something more informative and less hypocritical and confusing from Hancock … 
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[*]Cases have fallen fallen dramatically … :!:
[*]Deaths have remained high
[*]Hospitalisations have risen to a NEW record high (as of 7/1) … :shock:
[*]Tests are rising (as of 7/1) (not updated)
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[]Cases have remained extremely high
[]Deaths have dramatically risen … :!:
[]Hospitalisations have risen to a NEW record high (as of 7/1) … :shock:
[]Tests have fallen (as of 11/1)
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:shock:
At this rate, there will have been 1,750,000+ for January by monthend … 
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[]Cases have remained extremely high
[]Deaths have dramatically risen to a NEW record high … :!: *
[]Hospitalisations have risen to a NEW record high (as of 7/1) (not updated)… :shock:
[]Tests have risen (as of 12/1)
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* A further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.
It brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767. … 
However, the number of cases, although extremely high, has remained relatively stable for 3 days running … 
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Due to an issue with the processing of deaths data, the update for 14 January 2021 is delayed.
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[]Cases have remained extremely high
[]Deaths have remained extremely high
[]Hospitalisations rose to a NEW record high (as of 7/1) (not updated)
[]Tests have risen (as of 13/1)
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The number of cases, although extremely high, has remained relatively stable for 4 days running …
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[]Cases have risen
[]Deaths have remained extremely high
[]Hospitalisations rose to a NEW record high (as of 11/1)
[]Tests have risen (as of 14/1)
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) roundup (extract)
The percentage of people testing positive in England has continued to increase in the most recent week
8 January 2021
An estimated 1 in 50 people tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) within the community population in England, during the week from 27 December to 2 January 2021, equating to 1,122,000 people, or 2.06% of the population.
The proportion of those testing positive in Wales has recently decreased, where an estimated 1 in 70 had the virus, which equates to 44,100, or 1.45% of the population in Wales.
In Northern Ireland the proportion of people testing positive appears to no longer be decreasing in the most recent week. An estimated 9,100 people had COVID-19, equating to 1 in 200 people or 0.50% of the population.
In Scotland, the percentage testing positive has increased in the most recent week to around 1 in 115 people in the period 27 to 31 December 2020 (because of additional public holidays), equating to an estimated 45,900 people, or 0.87% of the population of Scotland.
During the week from 27 December to 2 January 2021, London had the highest proportion of people testing positive with an estimated 3.56%, equating to around 1 in 30 people.
Stay outta London …:!:
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[]Cases have fallen again
[]Deaths have remained extremely high
[]Hospitalisations rose to a NEW record high (as of 12/1)
[]Tests continue to rise (as of 15/1)
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Good news, bad news … :!:
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[]Cases have fallen again
[]Deaths have fallen (temporarily?)
[]Hospitalisations have fallen slightly (as of 13/1)
[]Tests continue to rise (as of 14/1) (not updated)
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The continued fall in reported cases is good news … :!:
Covid-19: Vaccination rollout begins for over-70s in England
People in England aged 70 and over, as well as those listed as clinically extremely vulnerable, will begin receiving offers of a coronavirus vaccine this week.
The expansion of the vaccination programme to the third and fourth priority groups comes after the number of people to receive a first dose rose to 3.8 million across the UK - more than have tested positive (3.4 million) since the pandemic began.
More good news … 
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[]Cases have fallen again
[]Deaths have fallen again
[]Hospitalisations have fallen slightly (as of 14/1)
[]Tests have fallen sharply (as of 17/1) … :shock:
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The falls in everything but testing is good news … :!:
UK deaths more than 40% above normal levels
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-55715793
The number of people who have died with Covid is now close to 96,000, according to an analysis of death certificates.
The figures come after a further 6,586 deaths involving Covid were registered in the UK in the week to 8 January.
The data from the Office for National Statistics - which looks at England and Wales - and its counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland is different from the daily totals given by the government, which look at deaths within 28 days of a positive test. Those figures show that up until Monday there had been nearly 90,000 deaths.
Overall, the total number of deaths reported are more than 40% above what is expected at this time of year, although delays registering deaths over the festive period are thought to have contributed to some of the rise.
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[]Cases have fallen sharply again *
[]Deaths have risen sharply to a new record high … :!:
[]Hospitalisations have fallen slightly but remain extremely high (as of 15/1) … :!:
[]Tests have remained very low (as of 18/1) … :shock:
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- Another dramatic fall in reported cases - I hope it’s not another result of lost data …
Deaths and hospitalisations are still major causes for concern …
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[]Cases have risen
[]Deaths have risen again to a new record high * … :!:
[]Hospitalisations have risen slightly and remain extremely high (as of 16/1) … :!:
[]Tests have remained low (as of 19/1) … :shock:
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- Deaths and hospitalisations are still major causes for concern …
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[]Cases have remained high
[]Deaths have remained high … :!:
[]Hospitalisations remain extremely high (as of 17/1) … :!:
[]Tests have remained low (as of 20/1)
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- Deaths and hospitalisations are still major causes for concern …