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Cases can't really be compared with the first wave because of significantly higher testing (450k per day now vs 60k per day in May, or 20k per day in April at t
by grey-area 6y ago
Cases can't really be compared with the first wave because of significantly higher testing (450k per day now vs 60k per day in May, or 20k per day in April at the peak of hospitalisations).
- oakesm9 6y agoYes, that’s true, but neither can deaths as more is known about how to treat severe cases.
- gsnedders 6y agoNote that the official data on deaths only includes those confirmed (through a positive test) to have COVID-19; this almost certainly understates the total number of deaths in the first wave due to lack of testing capacity.
- lucb1e 6y agoThere's no almost about it, if you look at the percentage of positive tests.