09-02-2020, 09:16 AM
Week 34 (to 21st August) figures are out from the ONS and show an increase on the 5YA deaths for the week of about 500 and against 2019 by 600. We've now had a couple of weeks over the average which was preceded by 8 weeks of being under, the net figure for the past 10 weeks is 1,100 under the average for this time of year. The last couple of weeks' increase could be for many reasons as it is difficult to show what effect Covid is having due to changing reporting over the last few weeks, it could also be the beginning of the damage caused by a long lock down. The apparent point is that, early on, there was talk of 'it will average out over the year' and that doesn't appear to be occurring as we approach the next flu season. Overall we have 54k excess deaths in England and Wales compared to the 5YA and 62k compared with 2019.
Over the past week there has been an increase in hospital admissions in Wales with England staying relatively steady, it should be highlighted that both figures are low 83 in Wales and 33 in England compared with 200 and 3,000 at the peak but the Welsh figure should be watched.
Patients in hospital is holding steady at a low number with England below 500 and Wales below 100 but this is where I lose a bit of faith in the Government figures. From their website on the 28th August there were 83 people admitted to hospital with covid and on the same day were showing 41 people in hospital with covid - there could be an explanation that people weren't kept in but if that were the case why report them.
Patients on ventilators jumped in England (again by a relatively small number) from 33 on the 31st August to 59 on the 1st September but the overall figure is still low with only a few dozen across the country.
Over the past week there has been an increase in hospital admissions in Wales with England staying relatively steady, it should be highlighted that both figures are low 83 in Wales and 33 in England compared with 200 and 3,000 at the peak but the Welsh figure should be watched.
Patients in hospital is holding steady at a low number with England below 500 and Wales below 100 but this is where I lose a bit of faith in the Government figures. From their website on the 28th August there were 83 people admitted to hospital with covid and on the same day were showing 41 people in hospital with covid - there could be an explanation that people weren't kept in but if that were the case why report them.
Patients on ventilators jumped in England (again by a relatively small number) from 33 on the 31st August to 59 on the 1st September but the overall figure is still low with only a few dozen across the country.