Are uk coronavirus figures dropping
The number of coronavirus cases reported each day in the UK is falling almost quickly as it rose earlier this summer.
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That's close to the levels recorded during the worst days of the UK's winter outbreak, when vaccines weren't yet widely available. But cases have dropped dramatically in the past week, down to just 25, reported Monday, as shown in the chart below. The Euro soccer tournament, which ended two weeks ago, may have temporarily driven up UK cases, with the semifinals held at London's Wembley Stadium on July The tournament included the English, Scottish, and Welsh teams, with England advancing to the July 11 final, which was also held at Wembley. Many schools also closed for summer holidays last week.
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The survey suggests infection levels have also risen in Wales and Northern Ireland, although Scotland has experienced a decline. Read more Although the ONS team said the rise in infection levels in England was showing possible signs of slowing, the findings contrast with daily figures for Covid cases, which are based on people who have come forward for testing, often once symptoms have developed.
According to data from the government coronavirus dashboard, the number of daily cases by date reported plummeted from a peak of 50, in England on Saturday 17 July to 20, cases on Tuesday 27 July, before rising to 27, on Thursday and falling to 26, on Friday. Generally changes in ONS data lag about two weeks behind daily cases data. Our survey tests a large randomised sample of the population and provides an independent estimate of infections in the wider community. Source the keen data watchers among you, you are uk coronavirus figures dropping notice that the numbers over the past few weeks appear to show that new cases in the UK have been increasing, however, the current estimate is still within the confidence intervals of the lowest estimate so any increase is not yet deemed significant.
How much have cases fallen?
The Midlands is still showing the highest number of predicted cases, but the numbers have been decreasing over the last few weeks suggesting that the localised lockdown and recent media attention could be responsible. However, for regions like the North East and Yorkshire the predicted numbers still remain higher than others. Prevalence is the number of symptomatic cases in the population based on the daily new cases and symptoms being logged in the app, whereas incidence rates are simply the number of daily new cases based on the results from swab tests.
