Friday 10th April

Quote of the day

"The language around Covid-19 has sometimes felt trite and misleading. You do not survive the illness through fortitude and strength of character, whatever the prime minister's colleagues will tell us. Those serving on the frontline right now — bus drivers and shelf stackers, nurses, care home workers, hospital staff and shopkeepers are disproportionately the lower paid members of our workforce. They are more likely to catch the disease because they are more exposed. This is a health issue with huge ramifications for social welfare. And it's a welfare issue with huge ramifications for public health." 
Emily Maitlis, Newsnight Wednesday 8th April

Headlines


  • 95,766 have died from Covid-19 worldwide
  • There are currently 1,605,712 confirmed cases worldwide
  • There were 881 deaths in the UK in the past 24 hours
  • 243,421 people have now been tested, amounting to 0.36% of the population
  • The amount of deaths is increasing week by week and shows no signs of slowing. 55% of all the UK deaths occurred in the past 7 days.
  • Of those tested in the UK the increase in positive tests over  the past 7 days is 71%
  • Scotland which initially seemed to have escaped the worst saw a 24% increase in deaths in 24 hours, bringing their total to 70
  • The South-West continues to be the English region with least number of cases
  • The lockdown has been extended in Wales, and Nicola Sturgeon says it is likely to be extended for weeks in Scotland. The UK-wide lockdown has been extended over the Easter weekend pending a decision on a further lockdown and the police are being urged to be more rigorous in enforcing it.

UK Stats


DateDays since first deathWeekly comparison figures
09/04/202035
  
Deaths7,9784,373deaths in the past week
New deaths88155% of deaths in the past week
Death Rate12.26
Increase in deaths over previous day (%)12.4
Total tests carried out243,42169,637people tested in the past week
Negative (n/%)178,34473%-32% negative tests
Positive (n/%)65,07727%71% more positive tests
  
Percent population UK tested0.36%0.10of the population tested since last week

4 Nations

CasesIncrease in cases over prevous day (%)DeathsNew deathsPercentage increase in deaths over previous day
England54,55477,24876512
Scotland4,95793667024
Wales4,08902864117
N. ireland1,47727857

English Regions

 Total confirmed casesIncrease over previous day (%)
 London 15,21729.08
 South East 6,73912.88
 South West 2,4724.72
 North West 7,33914.02
 East 4,4388.48
 Midlandss 9,06317.32
 North East/Yorkshire 7,06113.49

Wales, by local authority

Total confirmed cases3499
New Cases302
Tests carried out15039
% of population tested0.48
Positive tests5784
% pos tests38.46
Deaths193
Death rate (as % of pos tests)3.34
Local authority cases 
Blaenau Gwent159
Caerphilly155
Torfaen181
Monmouthshire126
Newport277
Anglesey21
Conwy20
Denbighshire47
Flintshire40
Gwynedd22
Wrexham40
Cardiff188
Vale of Glamorgan154
Bridgend86
Merthyr Tydfil111
Rhondda Cynon Taff142
Camarthenshire76
Ceredigion30
Pembrokeshire39
Powys42
Neath Port Talbot97
Swansea111

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