[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[dazzer6666]

Great work mate, amongst all of the fantastic posts on this great thread over the course of the last year I always look out for your daily update. Thanks for taking the time out to post it every day.

These figures really should be more prominent on the major news sites - if we'd have just seen a 35% INCREASE in infections, I guarantee it would be the number one story across the likes of the BBC, Sky et al. Makes threads like this all the more important.

All three key metrics have been dropping by a third, week on week, for a while now. The media should be headlining it...........we’re on our way

 

[dazzer6666]

Just as an aside, here’s the graph on second jabs. Ramping up......

 

[A1X]

How are the first doses looking, are they tailing off as a result of this or ploughing on?

 

[Postman Pat]

How are the first doses looking, are they tailing off as a result of this or ploughing on?

Dropped this week, but they did suggest supply would be lower for a couple of weeks.

 

[dazzer6666]

How are the first doses looking, are they tailing off as a result of this or ploughing on?

Holding steady, but expect to see a drop in the next week or so (previously flagged supply issues). Will then ramp up again as supplies are going to increase.

 

[Beach Hut]

First jab booked for the 15th March at the Brighton Centre, now available to book for aged over 56

 

[Postman Pat]

First jab booked for the 15th March at the Brighton Centre, now available to book for aged over 56

Great news, saw this and just booked for my wife!

Not long till my turn hopefully.

 

[dazzer6666]

Numbers update, all good with trends maintained:

Infections - 6,040, rolling 7 day down 34% (despite testing being UP 12%)
Deaths - 158, rolling 7 day down 34.1%
Admissions - 826, rolling 7 day down 29.1%
Vaccinations - 437k first jabs and 57k second jabs. Totals 21.8m and 1.1m
In hospital - 10,898

 

[atomised]

Numbers update, all good with trends maintained:

Infections - 6,040, rolling 7 day down 34% (despite testing being UP 12%)
Deaths - 158, rolling 7 day down 34.1%
Admissions - 826, rolling 7 day down 29.1%
Vaccinations - 437k first jabs and 57k second jabs. Totals 21.8m and 1.1m
In hospital - 10,898

I take great heart from the fact infections are down whilst testing is going up because that has to be a good thing with schools about to go back

 

[southstandandy]

My 85 year old housebound dad finally got his jab today. At last. Very quick & easy in the end.

 

[Butch Willykins]

Numbers update, all good with trends maintained:

Infections - 6,040, rolling 7 day down 34% (despite testing being UP 12%)
Deaths - 158, rolling 7 day down 34.1%
Admissions - 826, rolling 7 day down 29.1%
Vaccinations - 437k first jabs and 57k second jabs. Totals 21.8m and 1.1m
In hospital - 10,898

The “in hospital” number is plummeting. So good to see.

 

[dazzer6666]

The “in hospital” number is plummeting. So good to see.

It is......seems to almost twice as many leaving as being admitted on many days now (clearly some of those will sadly be deaths, but the deaths number is also falling rapidly so most must be people recovering).

 

[The Wizard]

Been suggested for a while but a study from the US suggests those taking statins prior to COVID infection are 50% less likely to die even if they get severe disease, an extremely common and readily available drug as well.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ar...ikely-to-die-in-hospital-from-severe-covid-19

 

[GT49er]

Been suggested for a while but a study from the US suggests those taking statins prior to COVID infection are 50% less likely to die even if they get severe disease, an extremely common and readily available drug as well.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ar...ikely-to-die-in-hospital-from-severe-covid-19

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Good stuff - I've been on statins for twenty years!

 

[dazzer6666]

Scores on the doors :

Infections - 5,177, rolling 7 day down 31.3% (despite testing being UP 12.2%)
Deaths - figure not updated yet
Admissions - 707, rolling 7 day down 29.6% (2,400 less in the last 7 days)
Vaccinations - 416k first and 21k second, 22.2m and 1.1m rolling totals
People in hospital - not been updated, still showing as 10,898

Re infections v testing, 7 day numbers are 41,968 positive tests from 4,775,355 tests - ie 0.87% of tests were positive. In the same 7 day period, the number of positive tests dropped 19,000, whilst the number of tests increased by over 500,000

 

[LamieRobertson]

All useful info

https://twitter.com/fact_covid/status/1368526451398619138?s=21

 

[LamieRobertson]

The UK has reported less than 100 deaths for the first time since October 19th.

https://twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1368659388597215236?s=21

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Given how frustrating the football is at the moment, this thread is probably the only reason for keep coming back to NSC.

 

[Weststander]

An FT summary updated today, of vaccine doses administered per 100 people.



In sheer numbers terms, the UK is the 21st most populated country, yet has the 3rd highest number of doses given .... only behind the US and China.

A nimble system that simply got on with it.

 

[dazzer6666]

The UK has reported less than 100 deaths for the first time since October 19th.

https://twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1368659388597215236?s=21

I do wonder if the data was delayed earlier because of this.......the last couple of times I’ve seen a notice posted saying data has been delayed, it’s been followed by a dramatic drop in the number they were working on. Maybe a bit of extra checking going on.......

Anyway, great news.....here’s the chart