Its a bank holiday weekend, so it might even be Wednesday?
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That’s what I was thinking plus the Royal Leamington Spa testing centre was closed because of the inferno next door … 
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Of course! I forgot about that too. Oh well, we shall have to wait and see. I haven’t checked Scotland yet…I’m a bit afraid to! 
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Coronavirus Scotland: 7,113 new Covid cases in 24 hours and no new deaths
The figures are a new record high for Scotland, however, many were processed more than 48 hours ago as a result of the high volumes of tests currently being received.
Sadly, still on the rise … 
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I’ll be interested in figures for later in the week, possibly into next week. There was a heck of a lot of activity with the football on over the weekend 
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Indeed … the aftermath of the Bank Holiday may be most unwelcome … 
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Because of a delay to the update of the Department of Health Northern Ireland dashboard, today’s update will not occur before 4:30pm
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Number of people tested positive reported on 31 August 2021
Daily 32,181
Last 7 days 236,433
Above average …
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Number of people tested positive reported on 1 September 2021
Daily 35,693
Last 7 days 236,279
Above average …
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Number of people tested positive reported on 2 September 2021
Daily 38,154
Last 7 days 236,152
Very high again …
Deaths within 28 days of positive test
Latest data provided on 2 September 2021
Daily 178
Last 7 days 777
Healthcare
Patients admitted
Latest data provided on 29 August 2021
Daily 848
Last 7 days 6,529
Deaths and hospitalisations still rising …
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**Number of people tested positive reported on 3 September 2021
Daily 42,076
Last 7 days 240,182
The significant rise now makes the rate extremely high …
We are now back to where we were on 19th/20th July but cases are rising, not falling, which takes us back to 12th July …
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**Number of people tested positive reported on 4 September 2021
Daily 37,578
Last 7 days 245,354
A significant fall but that is so often the case at weekends …
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**Number of people tested positive reported on 5 September 2021
Daily 37,011
Last 7 days 249,169
No significant rise or fall …
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**Number of people tested positive reported on 6 September 2021
Daily 41,192
Last 7 days 263,885
A significant rise to extremely high …
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Covid-19 has been named on the death certificate of 156,119 people.
The most recent figures show that there are 7,606 Covid-19 patients in hospital, with 1,034 on ventilators.
Many cases during the pandemic have not shown up in the official daily count because testing only became available in summer 2020, with only people in hospital being tested before then.
Even as testing became widespread, cases will have been missed as some people did not develop symptoms or had such a mild illness they did not realise they were infected.
Modelling by the University of Cambridge suggests 17,000,000 people in England have been infected since the pandemic began - about 30% of the population.
At the current rate of recorded infection, There’ll be another 1,200,000 cases in September … 
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Ministers could consider a two-week “firebreak lockdown” as soon as October if the spike in Covid > hospitalisations continues to grow.
According to a report in The i, the Government has drawn up plans for restrictions during the school half-term, amid fears the NHS will come under increasing pressure as winter nears.
A member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) told the newspaper the UK is about to enter “an extended peak” of infections and hospitalisations, and that concern is growing that the health service faces being overwhelmed.
A full lockdown, which would see the October half-term break extended into November, would be a last resort and advisers may instead suggest other restrictions as an alternative.
“This is essentially the precautionary break that Sage suggested last year,” the Sage source told the paper.
“It would be sensible to have contingency plans, and if a lockdown is required, to time it so that it has minimal economic and societal impact.”
Currently, hospital admissions are approaching 1,000 a day … 
Latest data provided on 31 August 2021
Daily 988
Last 7 days 6,573
Number of people tested positive reported on 7 September 2021
Daily 37,489
Last 7 days 269,193
A significant fall to high …
The daily figure seems to be oscillating around the 40,000 mark …
Number of people tested positive reported on 8 September 2021
Daily 38,975
Last 7 days 272,475
Remaining high …
Number of people tested positive reported on 9 September 2021
Daily 38,013
Last 7 days 272,334
Remaining high …
Number of people tested positive reported on 10 September 2021
Daily 37,622
Last 7 days 267,880
Remaining high …
Deaths and Hospitalisations still rising:
Deaths within 28 days of positive test
Latest data provided on 10 September 2021
Daily 147
Last 7 days 947
Patients admitted
Latest data provided on 6 September 2021
Daily 1,063
Last 7 days 6,831