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UK cases have surpassed the first wave (with obvious caveats about far more testing now). The hospitalised patients per day is probably a more reliable measure

UK cases have surpassed the first wave (with obvious caveats about far more testing now). The hospitalised patients per day is probably a more reliable measure - that has not surpassed the first wave yet on either patients per day or patients in hospital, but it does look like it might surpass it in January. UK deaths are nowhere near the first wave yet, though it may approach it in the coming weeks, however at present deaths are trending down as stricter measures were finally put in place again in December and we may be starting to see the impact of that. We will then of course in a few weeks see the impact of the government attempt to 'Save Christmas' so things will probably get worse again in January. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths

chimprich 6y ago
> that has not surpassed the first wave yet on either patients per day or patients in hospital In England (and probably the rest of the UK) more patients are in hospital compared to the first peak. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/england-hospitals-covid-patients-london-b1779676.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/england-hospitals-...
- grey-area 6y ago
  Perhaps the stats on this website are a little behind, but I trust them more than a newspaper. See the second chart down. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare The UK totals for patients in hospital on the 25th December hadn't passed the peak yet, though they are very close. Doesn't matter too much though, they will no doubt pass that total of 21.6k at some point in January if they haven't already, especially as fewer patients are dying this time round.
  - chimprich 6y ago
    I've been quite unimpressed by the official stats on that page throughout the pandemic. If you click on the "Data" tab, it says for 28th Dec the total of 23,771. I've no idea why the graph doesn't show that.

chimprich 6y ago

> that has not surpassed the first wave yet on either patients per day or patients in hospital In England (and probably the rest of the UK) more patients are in hospital compared to the first peak. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/england-hospitals-covid-patients-london-b1779676.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/england-hospitals-...

grey-area 6y ago
Perhaps the stats on this website are a little behind, but I trust them more than a newspaper. See the second chart down. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare The UK totals for patients in hospital on the 25th December hadn't passed the peak yet, though they are very close. Doesn't matter too much though, they will no doubt pass that total of 21.6k at some point in January if they haven't already, especially as fewer patients are dying this time round.
- chimprich 6y ago
  I've been quite unimpressed by the official stats on that page throughout the pandemic. If you click on the "Data" tab, it says for 28th Dec the total of 23,771. I've no idea why the graph doesn't show that.