[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[dazzer6666]

Trend remains solidly down on all 3 measures

 

[Weststander]

The big 2 year picture, the metric that really matters.



Omicron, especially in a largely vaccinated population, is weak.

We’re in a totally different new ball game, compared to April 2020 and January 2021.

(But you wouldn’t have thought that watching BBC1 SE 5 minutes ago, with a gloomy article on where we stand today).

 

[Albion my Albion]

Only got it once and it was fairly mild.

 

[Marshy]

Been a while since i posted in this thread.

Numbers in hospital continue to decline, especially those in ITU. Pretty sure the last update i saw it was only 1 over RSCH and PRH.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Been a while since i posted in this thread.

Numbers in hospital continue to decline, especially those in ITU. Pretty sure the last update i saw it was only 1 over RSCH and PRH.

Yep, seeing very low numbers across the whole Trust in ITU. Very good news.

 

[Franky Small]

DT extract

Covid hospitalisation levels in London are back to pre-omicron levels, according to the latest figures.

NHS data for the capital show that the number of patients in hospital primarily with Covid is now 788 – the lowest primary cases have been since Oct 25.

Although the total number of Covid patients in London hospitals is 2,295, nearly two thirds are primarily being treated for other conditions but have also tested positive for the virus.

Hospitalisations are also continuing to fall in England as a whole, with both total and primary Covid patient numbers the lowest they has been since the start of January.

The number of patients being treated primarily for Covid in England is now 5,719 – just 47 per cent of the overall figure of 11,967. The latest dashboard data they show that cases, admission and deaths are all continuing to fall week-on-week, despite the addition of reinfections.

The good news: It'll likely be over by March, maybe February, and omicron may be the most infectious form this virus is able to take (it's already the most infectious virus known it appears). And in that case, it will continue to dominate future mutations as they occur while, perhaps becoming even less capable of causing damage to the host.

 

[dazzer6666]

All numbers continue to trend solidly downwards

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

All numbers continue to trend solidly downwards

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Lookis like they have stopped the daily numbers

 

[dazzer6666]

Lookis like they have stopped the daily numbers

They are all still there in the underlying data on the website for each element if you want to see them (except case numbers and deaths at weekends that have stopped being reported - hence not going to post it more than once a week )

Weekend updates to the dashboard have stopped
From the week of 21 February 2022, the UK Health Security Agency stopped publishing dashboard updates at weekends.

The dashboard is updated daily from Monday to Friday. Daily cases and deaths by report date published on Mondays include figures from the preceding weekend. These will not be separated out to show daily figures for Saturday and Sunday. Cases by specimen date and deaths by date of death are separated out for each day.

Additional details
The UK summary has been updated to show 7-day totals for cases, deaths, hospital admissions and virus tests. Daily numbers have been removed. Daily data can still be found on the Cases, Deaths, Vaccinations, Testing and Healthcare pages. Data by specimen date and date of death are backdated, whereas data by report date for cases and deaths are not so use caution when looking at daily data by report date.

We recommend using data by specimen date or date of death to look at trends or 7-day figures if using report date data.

 

[Giraffe]

Hard to know if it's less testing (I don't many that still are) or virus going, but given how weak this strain is does it matter? Time to crack on and forget about unless a new worse strain comes along which the experts say is unlikely now.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Hard to know if it's less testing (I don't many that still are) or virus going, but given how weak this strain is does it matter? Time to crack on and forget about unless a new worse strain comes along which the experts say is unlikely now.

To be honest, i'd forgotten about the coronavirus given the Ukraine invasion.

 

[wehatepalace]

 

[dazzer6666]

Hard to know if it's less testing (I don't many that still are) or virus going, but given how weak this strain is does it matter? Time to crack on and forget about unless a new worse strain comes along which the experts say is unlikely now.

The no. of tests are in the data posted earlier. The deaths and hospitalisations falling are the key numbers though

 

[spoonie]

do we now need Ukrainian Invasion good news Thread ?

 

[A1X]

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[crodonilson]

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61104594

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

and more good news today https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61106918

 

[hans kraay fan club]

A quick question, if anyone is able to cut through all the conflicting advice, please...

I had covid fairly recently - finally returning a clear test exactly 4 weeks ago.

One of my sons has been unwell this week. He's taken at least one LFT every day and all been clear, but this morning's had a very faint second line. He's trying to convince himself it is a false positive, due to leaving it too ling before checking, and to be fair has taken two more LFTs a couple of hours apart that were clear.

My question is - whilst in theory I can't myself catch it again, so soon after having it, is there still a risk I can pass it on to others (even if I can't get it myself)? ?? Anyone know?

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

A quick question, if anyone is able to cut through all the conflicting advice, please...

I had covid fairly recently - finally returning a clear test exactly 4 weeks ago.

One of my sons has been unwell this week. He's taken at least one LFT every day and all been clear, but this morning's had a very faint second line. He's trying to convince himself it is a false positive, due to leaving it too ling before checking, and to be fair has taken two more LFTs a couple of hours apart that were clear.

My question is - whilst in theory I can't myself catch it again, so soon after having it, is there still a risk I can pass it on to others (even if I can't get it myself)? ?? Anyone know?

A friend of mine had Covid twice in a month.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

A friend of mine had Covid twice in a month.

In theory, very unlikely to catch it again, then!

There is a risk I guess, however small.