daily update is likely to follow for weeks to come. This is an important subject because the regime of Borisnaro wants to just “wish away” coronavirus with its latest variants, as if when we “ask nicely” or “act tough” it will magically disappear.

But viruses do not work this way. Maybe Borisnaro thinks it’s OK for everyone to just get infected. Over and over again (like some of my colleagues). That’s just a radical, not just misguided, ideology/approach.

Yesterday’s report reveals highest number since 26-01-2022. There are now over 14,000 COVID patients in hospitals, compared to about 10,000 before restrictions were lifted and safeguards discarded. In terms of cases, we’re seeing the highest levels in about 2 months as well.

Update: Today we had 90,349 more cases confirmed, so it is the worst Friday in months. The latest number of hospitalisations (17-03-2022) rose to 14,671 (net increase of more than 400 in one day; up from 14,264) and the latest admissions figure (14-03-2022), 1,900, is the worst in 2 month.

REAL WAR is happening, but the war on a pandemic has been put on the back-burner as if the newer war (in Ukraine) somehow ‘supersedes’ it.

New COVID-19 cases reported so far this week in the UK:

Today (Wednesday): 91,345
Tuesday: 109,802
Monday: 170,985

Bear in mind these figures include the weekend’s backlog as well (our regime has apparently decided that NHS no longer needs to report these every day, perpetuating the lie that it had solved the problem), I still need to go back to early January to find comparable numbers.

Even putting aside cases (and backlogs), let’s examine the data from hospitals. COVID-19 patients in hospital, by date:

15-03-2022: 14,078 (+481)
14-03-2022: 13,597 (+739)
13-03-2022: 12,858 (+366)
12-03-2022: 12,492 (+311)
11-03-2022: 12,181 (+161)
10-03-2022: 12,020 (+183)
09-03-2022: 11,837 (+101)
08-03-2022: 11,736

The rise is non-linear. The way things are going, there will need to be some restrictions on distance, mandatory masks etc. We’ve not solved the problem. The hospitals being filled up by COVID-19 patients isn’t just bad for old and vulnerable people with “underlying conditions” but for every person who may need a hospital bed, including young persons.

Notice the surge (52.4% increase in the past 7 days alone):

Hospitalisations follow, so this isn’t benign or something we can conveniently ignore:

Notice what goes on in Scotland

After about 92% of the grown-ups here have received at least one jab the issue is clearly far from solved (and war on Ukraine does not make this something we can simply ignore)

These numbers are about a week behind, so the effects of the (COVID case) surges is yet to be reflected in these figures

Patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19

2022 (per day):

06-03-2022 1,406
05-03-2022 1,197
04-03-2022 1,280
03-03-2022 1,400
02-03-2022 1,389
01-03-2022 1,307

2021:

07-03-2021 535
06-03-2021 636
05-03-2021 599
04-03-2021 706
03-03-2021 713
02-03-2021 835
01-03-2021 825

People tested positive for COVID-19

2022:

09-03-2022 40,137
08-03-2022 66,055
07-03-2022 67,644
06-03-2022 48,809
05-03-2022 38,563
04-03-2022 41,238
03-03-2022 43,588
02-03-2022 46,049
01-03-2022 44,654

2021:

09-03-2021 6,488
08-03-2021 6,890
07-03-2021 4,410
06-03-2021 4,629
05-03-2021 5,467
04-03-2021 5,937
03-03-2021 6,172
02-03-2021 6,919
01-03-2021 7,193

Last July: Mass infection is not an option: we must do more to protect our young

Last night:

Latest from NHS (official data)

Meanwhile, new research shows that the COVID-19 vaccines have likely weakened people’s immune systems to non-COVID respiratory diseases.