Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 25 October 2021
Daily
36,567
Last 7 days
315,698
The weekend fall is maintained but still very high … 
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 26 October 2021
Daily
40,954
Last 7 days
312,914
The weekend fall is reversed back to very high …
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 27 October 2021
Daily
43,941
Last 7 days
307,716
Very high …
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Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 28 October 2021
Daily
39,842
Last 7 days
295,549
Back to high …
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 29 October 2021
Daily
43,467
Last 7 days
289,718
Back to very high …
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I read today that the R number was back up to January levels…that’s scary…
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Blimey, you’re right:
The weekly R number in England is estimated to have risen to between 1.1 and 1.3 - with the number of COVID infections in the country now at its highest level since January.
The reproduction figure, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), means that for every 10 people with coronavirus they will, on average, infect between 11 and 13 others.
The pandemic therefore appears to be growing in England, as last week ‘R’ was estimated to be between 1.0 and 1.2.
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Aye well…At least you down there don’t have an immanent mass gathering happening over the next week or so. I daresay Scotland will surpass you after Cop26 
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I can’t find the latest R Number for Scotland, but:
The reproduction rate R in Scotland, as of 12 October, is estimated as being between 0.8 and 1.0.
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Well watch this space for rising numbers 
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Will do … 
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 30 October 2021
Daily
41,278
Last 7 days
286,011
Very high …
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 31 October 2021
Daily
38,009
Last 7 days
284,058
Down to high …
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 1 November 2021
Daily
40,077
Last 7 days
287,568
Very high …
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 2 November 2021
Daily
33,865
Last 7 days
280,479
A fall to high (which frequently rises again) …
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Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 3 November 2021
Daily
41,299
Last 7 days
277,837
Back to very high …
Prof Jonathan Van-Tam told the BBC it was a concern that Covid levels were “running this hot, this early in the autumn season”.
He said too many people believed the pandemic was now over.
Christmas and the winter months are “potentially going to be problematic”, Prof Van-Tam warned.
In a question and answer session with BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 5 Live, Prof Van-Tam said that while cases appeared to have stabilised, they were very high, and above most of Europe.
He also said deaths were rising and there were signs infections were starting to “penetrate” older age groups.
The current levels of coronavirus meant caution was now needed, he said, adding that experts would be continuing to analyse the data over the next days and weeks.
How Christmas is affected would depend on a “whole range of behaviours”, he said.
Face coverings and the caution people took in interacting with others, along with the speed of vaccinations, would be “a big determinant between what happens now and the darkest months of the winter”.
It ain’t over ‘til the fat lady sings and there ain’t no fat lady waitin’ in the wings … 
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Is the infected number/total only of people who have been tested positive, or does it also include people, who are in isolation after contact from track and trace ?
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The daily and weekly figures are solely the number of people tested positive and reported - no figures for contact/isolation are included.
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I know no figures are shown for people in isolation, but I just wonder if they get added in to the total from phone in’s, and Track and trace.
I’ve asked a few people involved PHW and to be truthful they’re not sure
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