Tuesday April 7th


Quote of the day 

“Her dedication to her role and her popularity amongst her colleagues is obvious to see with the outpouring of grief and concern we are seeing around the organisation and on social media. Her vocation in nursing was clear for all to see and she always said that she was so blessed to have the role of a nurse, which she absolutely loved because she wanted to feel like ‘she could make a difference’ – and you did, Areema, you will be very sadly missed.” Richard Beeken, chief executive of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust following the Covid-19 related death of Areema Nasreen, a 36 year old intensive care nurse

NHS Staff Who Have Died During the Covid-19 Crisis

Aimee O’Rourke, 38
Areema Nasreen, 36 
John Alagos, 27
Thomas Harvey, 57
Glen Corbin, 59
Dr Amged El-Hawrani
Professor Sami Shousha, 79
Dr Habib Zaidi, 76
Dr Alfa Saadu, 68
Mr Adil El Tayar, 63
Mr Jitendra Rathod

 I will try to add more details to these names over the coming days. If you know of others please do let me know.

Headlines

  • There have now been 75,910 deaths worldwide from Covid-19
  • There are estimated to be 1,359,010 confirmed cases worldwide
  • There have been 5,373 Covid-19 deaths in the UK, which includes at least 13 NHS workers
  • There were 3,584 deaths in the past week
  • There have been an average of 6,526 people tested since the first UK death on March 5th.
  • 0.31% of the population have now been tested
  • 403 people died yesterday in England
  • Wales now has 3,499 confirmed cases and 193 deaths
  • Newport has the highest confirmed number of cases (277 per 100,000) of any local authority in the UK
  • London's confirmed cases are increasing at a rate of 31% per day

UK Statistics
DateDays since first deathWeekly comparison figures
06/04/202032
Deaths5,3733,584deaths in the past week
New deaths439
Death Rate10.41
Increase in deaths over previous day (%)8.9
Total tests carried out208,83765,651people tested in the past week
Negative (n/%)157,22975%-25% negative tests
Positive (n/%)51,60825%105% more positive tests
Percent population UK tested0.31%0.10% of the population tested since last week

4 Nations


CasesIncrease in cases over prevous dayDeathsNew deathsPercentage increase in deaths over previous day
England42,99084,8974039
Scotland3,961722021
Wales3,49991932716
N. ireland1,158263713

Focus on Wales

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 (per 100,000 population)
Newport277
Torfaen181
Blaenau Gwent159
Caerphilly155
Monmouthshire126
Denbighshire47
Flintshire40
Wrexham40
Gwynedd22
Anglesey21
Conwy20
Cardiff188
Vale of Glamorgan154
Rhondda Cynon Taff142
Merthyr Tydfil111
Bridgend86
Camarthenshire76
Pembrokeshire39
Ceredigion30
Powys42
Swansea111
Neath Port Talbot97

English Regions

Total confirmed casesIncrease over previous day (%)
 London 12,63630.62
 South East 4,89711.87
 South West 1,9764.79
 North West 5,54913.45
 East 3,4028.24
 Midlandss 7,38517.90
 North East/Yorkshire 5,42213.14

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