BBC reported yesterday that of those presenting to hospitals with COVID approx half were presenting because of COVID symptoms, and the other half because of other issues but tested positive.

Daily data:

Cases 72,898 (44,740 last Friday)
Deaths 114 (110)
Patients admitted 1,459 (1,349 the 28th)
Patients in hospital 11,944 (10,548 on the 3rd)
Patients in ventilation beds 253 (264 on the 3rd)
Vaccinated up to and including 10 March 2022:
First dose: 52,692,089
Second dose: 49,164,620
Booster: 38,458,430

The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 56.3% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is up 2.8%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 104.1 today.

Daily data:

Cases 109,802 (61,900 last Tuesday)
Deaths 200 (212)
Patients admitted 1,560 (1,415 the 3rd)
Patients in hospital 13,548 (11,411 on the 7th)
Patients in ventilation beds 280 (268 on the 7th)
Vaccinated up to and including 14 March 2022:
First dose: 52,713,188
Second dose: 49,226,170
Booster: 38,537,731

The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 52.4% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is down 2.1%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 103.7 today. Delayed data from Scotland is added to today's figures.

First time patients on ventilation beds has been up on the previous week in some time?

last time in the 7 day moving average was early January.

last time there was a rise in the daily numbers was 10->11 march (253->254), and before that 7->8 march (269->275).

For those on this thread who insist on repeatedly parroting the Daily Telegraph “analysis” on Covid, it may be interesting to note that they have recently issued their 16th correction/retraction on Imperial College research alone. This level of disinformation is something even Putin would be proud of.

Interesting. Putin may well be proud but he wouldn't have allowed nearly every mainstream broadcaster, including the nationalised one, to parrot the one million forecast in the first place. The fact that he said could rather than would was inconsequential to the headlines that were generated by the statement. The real allegation, because of course all forecasts must be caveated, is that he was happy for the one million number to be out there and making the headlines.

I think we’d all like the models and figures to be more accurate, but I’m not sure censorship is the answer, which is what you seem to be proposing.

16 corrections from one source goes well beyond simple incompetence and one has to question the editorial direction.

There’s a big difference between a projection on a new disease that turns out after the fact to be inaccurate, and a deliberate misinformation campaign run by a national newspaper.

Daily data:

Cases 91,345 (67,159 last Wednesday)
Deaths 153 (123)
Patients admitted 1,541 (1,214 the 5th)
Patients in hospital 14,078 (11,724 on the 8th)
Patients in ventilation beds 281 (275 on the 8th)
Vaccinated up to and including 15 March 2022:
First dose: 52,717,164
Second dose: 49,239,879
Booster: 38,556,133

The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 49.2% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is down 4.4%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 106.3 today.

South Korea reported 400,725 cases today which would equate to 534,557 when adjusted to the UK population. That is almost double the UK's highest figure.

I think most of us are innured to the frothy-mouthed and biassed nature of Telegraph positions and analyses: they are playing to a very special audience.

Good to see them eating humble pie regarding their flawed interpretations of the efforts made by academics to understand the dynamics of a novel disease.

My impression of him is that he likes being in the limelight. I am pleased to see anyone apologise where appropriate. Perhaps he has done the same, but he knew exactly what he was saying and doing and it in no way helped. You just need to look at the Stockholm Syndrome some people are stuck in now to see that he/they were playing a dangerous game with the mental health of the country.

Daily data:

Cases 89,717 (71,259 last Thursday)
Deaths 138 (142)
Patients admitted 1,777 (1,426 the 6th)
Vaccinated up to and including 16 March 2022:
First dose: 52,721,459
Second dose: 49,254,795
Booster: 38,576,876

The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 43.9% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is up 1.9%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is 105.7 today.

South Korea is still struggling with cases having reported 621,328 new cases today. That would equate to 828,846 based on the UK population size.

Maybe someone knows this on here:

I recently had a positive PCR test. I used randox as I still had one of their kits at home. Now I would like to get an NHS covid recovery certificate as this would have a longer validity than my current vaccine validity for travel the EU.

I’m getting a bit of a runaround from 119 and randox as to how it is possible to add my test. Randox claims the NHS should add it, the NHS says I have to contact randox. Is there a way to get a covid recovery certificate based on a private test?

I don’t think you can do this. There is no way that Randox can feed into the NHS database and I doubt the NHS verify private test results.