BBC's Web Page "Coronavirus in the UK"

[guest311]

I must be one of the few who feel that .
a. it's here
b. we know what we need to do, and as far as possible comply
c. am getting fed up with the bald  on telly every 5 minutes telling me the same thing over, and over, and over.
d. do not want to know the 'figures' for countries all over the world, which as we know do not actually reflect the true situation

does that make me a bad person ?

[grid078]

No you are a good person taking heed of the advice. The only reason the bald man on tv keeps ramping on about it is because of the idiots that know better and choose to ignore sensible advice.

[PLD]

Isn't it just by council area, not NHS areas? So county/unitary authority. The numbers are too small for that to mean much I suspect as well.

Mapping of health incidences and prevalence is often messy because Local Authority (Councils) and Health Authority (Clinical Commissioning Groups) boundaries are not aligned and Public Health services involve both...

All the reporting in this case is actually by Public Health service areas, so in England is mostly by Local Authorities but there are a few cases where neighbouring areas have a joint PH service but others where there are sub-level services within the LA area, then in Scotland & Wales it is Local Health Boards, and Northern Ireland reports as one single area.

It's also based on where the case was recorded, not the home postcode of the individual, so to use ChrisM's query about South Cumbria as an example, it is **possible** that someone living in the south lakes could have been tested at Cumberland Infirmary (Carlisle) or Royal Lancaster Infirmary and hence be included in the Lancashire Total.
Morecambe Bay CCG which covers the south of Cumbria aligns itself with Lancashire rather than North Cumbria CCG which aligns itself to the North East England area!

[NHS Informatics Manager]

[njee20]

"Local authority" is a bit of a vague term, as that could be district or borough. It's not, the data is at a county or unitary authority level (where no county council exists). Is Rutland really it's own "public health service area"? And all of the Berkshire unitary authorities? Seems surprising, I'd assume they were larger areas than that?

(Former Regional Planner)

[PLD]

Is Rutland really it's own "public health service area"?

Actually Yes - Rutland Public Health is indeed a separate responsible establishment, hence being separately reported (although the Director of Public Health is a shared post with Leicestershire and Leicestershire County Council provides some public health service to Rutland under an intra-authority service level agreement.  )

[acko22]

Hi all,

What I take from this is the wording "CONFIRMED cases / deaths from testing. So with (as of 9am this morning) 127,737 people tested and 19,522 positive that represents around 15%.
So apply that to the UK population as a whole (around 66,400,000), at it's peak you could be looking at 9,960,000 been effected by the virus (have it / had it / sadly fatal case), that's a scary stat which if we are 2 weeks behind Italy looks like it will prove itself true!!

So right now even if your areas on the stats looks not as hard hit that's only part of the picture, the potential reality is 15 in ever hundred could be could be hit by this even in say Cumbria with small villages that's a significant number and food for thought!

[Mr Sprue]

I must be one of the few who feel that .
a. it's here
b. we know what we need to do, and as far as possible comply
c. am getting fed up with the bald  on telly every 5 minutes telling me the same thing over, and over, and over.
d. do not want to know the 'figures' for countries all over the world, which as we know do not actually reflect the true situation

does that make me a bad person ?

No it doesn't, but for people such as myself living in the London area the BBC website does sort of provide figures of our local boroughs and when to completely stop going out for necessities. Our supermarkets have still not yet recovered from hoarding and panic buying and many shelves are still bare!

I don't know what the current situation is regarding the rest of the country, but we cannot get home deliveries and I have had to venture out against my will four times this past week.

So Yes
a. I know its here.
 
b. I'm 65 and I know I should stay indoors but I have to take a risk because of selfish people.

c. Like yourself I'm fed up with the bald man, but for our well being we listen to him once a day.

d. World figures and graphs are relevant because they estimate a pattern of what to expect in the oncoming days & weeks. 

[PLD]

Understanding the Corona Virus Statistics:
Health Informatics is a part of the day job so I am slightly biassed, but this is one of the most well researched, balanced, and thought provoking articles I've seen so far. Well worth a read...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51979654

[Railwaygun]

This is an excellent pictogram of  the global CV status , updated frequently.

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

1m confirmed cases and counting..

[Mr Sprue]

@railwaygun  Yes good site but for me living in the London area I'm more interested in the city's figures.

[joe cassidy]

For those of us who don't watch UK TV, who is "the bald man" ?

Is it Ben Ando ?

P.S. How are prince Charles and B. Johnson doing ?

[TrevL]

The bald man is Prof. Chris Whitty.
HRH is now out of self isolation.
Bojo is still in it, saw him on the news this morning, and he didn't look well.