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12.21pm GMT
These are from Ian Jones from PA Media on the Covid death figures, as updated in the light of today’s ONS report.
We now have daily data for both measures of cumulative Covid-19 UK deaths up to January 29 – almost exactly a year since the first death took place.
Both lines continue show a steepening curve in the most recent weeks. pic.twitter.com/rvXqoQuJ0o
It took 42 days for the death toll (based on death certificates) to rise from 75,000 to 100,000, and 21 days for it to rise from 100,000 to 125,000.
It’s looking like January 19 might have been when deaths in the second wave hit a peak.
The total for that day is currently 1,404 – though this (and other recent totals) are likely to be revised upwards once all deaths for this period have been registered. pic.twitter.com/wmp5LS8QQq
Deaths peaked during the first wave on April 8, when 1,457 deaths occurred.
This remains the highest number of deaths on a single day since the pandemic began.
12.18pm GMT
Here is a picture of Boris Johnson chairing a virtual meeting of cabinet today taken from the No 10 flickr account.
Continue reading…Latest updates: health secretary makes statement to MPs saying passengers arriving in UK must have two tests during isolation UK Covid contact tracers working from abroad Covid vaccine: tens of thousands of nurses yet to receive first doseMutation of Kent Covid variant discovered in ManchesterReturn to Covid tiers ‘could plunge millions in England into crisis’Coronavirus – latest global updates 12.21pm GMTThese are from Ian Jones from PA Media on the Covid death figures, as updated in the light of today’s ONS report.We now have daily data for both measures of cumulative Covid-19 UK deaths up to January 29 – almost exactly a year since the first death took place.Both lines continue show a steepening curve in the most recent weeks. pic.twitter.com/rvXqoQuJ0oIt took 42 days for the death toll (based on death certificates) to rise from 75,000 to 100,000, and 21 days for it to rise from 100,000 to 125,000.It’s looking like January 19 might have been when deaths in the second wave hit a peak. The total for that day is currently 1,404 – though this (and other recent totals) are likely to be revised upwards once all deaths for this period have been registered. pic.twitter.com/wmp5LS8QQqDeaths peaked during the first wave on April 8, when 1,457 deaths occurred.This remains the highest number of deaths on a single day since the pandemic began. 12.18pm GMTHere is a picture of Boris Johnson chairing a virtual meeting of cabinet today taken from the No 10 flickr account. Continue reading…