Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Jan Vojáček]

Just now, MP_MFC said:

2,434 new cases of COVID-19 reported*
52,022 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results*
13.0% of these were positive
Awkward.

I know the tests to cases percentage doesn't always add up. But I'm extremely confused by this.

[renton]

2 minutes ago, MP_MFC said:

2,434 new cases of COVID-19 reported*
52,022 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results*
13.0% of these were positive
11 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
40 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
536 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
4,375,588 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, 4,000,171 have received their second dose, and 2,708,761 have received a third dose or booster.



Awkward.

To be fair 2.4k doesn't exactly pass a smell test even under optimistic scenarios. 

How did they get 13% of 52k St 2.4k? Would be 7k under that metric, no?

Edited December 22, 2021 by renton

[Have some faith in Magic]

Just now, MP_MFC said:

2,434 new cases of COVID-19 reported*
52,022 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results*
13.0% of these were positive
11 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
40 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
536 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
4,375,588 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, 4,000,171 have received their second dose, and 2,708,761 have received a third dose or booster.



Awkward.

How can they release those numbers they make no sense. 

13% positivity from 52k tests but only 2434 cases? 

[effeffsee_the2nd]

Meanwhile, these can be handed out like smarties to the auld and vulnerable very soon. Things really should be absolutely FINNISH in the next couple of months.
 

Haven’t heard about these for a while, have they went into mass production yet?

[Miguel Sanchez]

4 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said:

The responses to this are quite something. It does feel as if the tide is definitely turning. Uncharacteristically tone deaf to post it today too imo.

 

[NotThePars]

Granny Danger voted unthinkingly for one party all his life then switched to another to do the same thing and thinks this radical decision gives him a right to lecture everyone else. A waste of time with nothing insightful or original to offer.

[HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows]

56 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said:

Not sure if demanding I pop in to share my wisdom is creepy or lovely, or a bit of both. 

Having had tickets for ER and given them up so I could make family Xmas with the hope of going to Pittodrie for Dundee instead I'm not very happy.

Also, having taken a few peeks at the roaring bin fire in here I decided I'd just not bother sharing. But thanks for letting me know that you care (more). 

smooches x

Did ye aye?

[MP_MFC]

They do note that the positive case numbers are lower than expected and that they’re investigating…..maybe they should just grab a calculator.

[Todd_is_God]

"Public Health Scotland (PHS) are aware that today’s reported positive case numbers are lower than expected. PHS are investigating this, and will provide updates in future reports."

I can't help but be annoyed by this, and find it slightly unacceptable. This is absolutely a key period in the last 21 months and we can't even process data for what has been about a week now.

Ok the specimen date data will always correct itself, but this does absolutely nothing to help influence decisions here and now.

[renton]

Just now, MP_MFC said:

They do note that the positive case numbers are lower than expected and that they’re investigating…..maybe they should just grab a calculator.

Whether or not the NHS buckles under the load, seems like the testing and analysis apparatus will...

[renton]

78k boosters BTW.

Impressive.

[Jan Vojáček]

3 minutes ago, MP_MFC said:

They do note that the positive case numbers are lower than expected and that they’re investigating…..maybe they should just grab a calculator.

I can't get my head around this at all.

Surely if they know 13 percent of tests were positive, then they know how many new cases they have? 

[Have some faith in Magic]

Await the media frenzy on 29th Dec and 5th Jan when they release 4 day totals at once.

 

COVID TSUNAMI etc etc 

 

[renton]

Number in hospitals +21, ICU +3

[pozbaird]

1 hour ago, Todd_is_God said:

John Swinney would 100% take the minus offer on the chase

After getting £1000 by only getting one question correct…. ‘Aside from British Summer Time, what else do the letters BST stand for’?

Edited December 22, 2021 by pozbaird

[D.V.T.]

Even if the real number is 7k, it hardly screams tsunami. They way they were talking I was expecting 15k by now

[Todd_is_God]

3 minutes ago, D.V.T. said:

Even if the real number is 7k, it hardly screams tsunami. They way they were talking I was expecting 15k by now

And the 15th is still standing strong as a peak.

[superbigal]

48 Hours Cases Update:  3 Day lag to allow reporting to be accurate.

Our cases albeit still rising are at a much lower rate than England. This cannot ever be described as a Tsunami and in fact appears to be slowing. West Lothian, Renfrewshire & Edinburgh make the 1000 per 100K mark. Rises are very consistent in this wave but possibly higher in the 2 big cities this time.

Total Cases Scotland 7 days 13th to 19th December were 36,353 to 40,221 Up 10.64%, Positivity was 11.7% now 12.6%.  Cases per 100K were 665.5 now 735.8

Home Nations Weekly Cases  per 100K update  :  UK Average  646.0 to 777.6 Up 20.37%, England 661.3 to 803.1 Up 22.44%, Wales 545.8 to 606.0 up 11.03%, Northern Ireland 661.2 to 690.3 up 4.40%

Cases in Europe in terms of of numbers per 100K  Denmark 1201, Ireland 687, Switzerland 676, Czech 606 only countries over 600.

In movement Belgium down 36%, Slovakia down 32%, Austria down 32%, Hungary down 31%, Czech down 26%, Romania down 23%, Ukraine down 23%.   Other side of coin  Spain up 83%, Denmark up 46%, Italy up 42%, Finland 31%, Sweden 28%, Portugal 20%

Council progress in last week as follows.

Click cases by neighbourhood to see the spread on the geographical map. 
https://public.tableau.com/profile/phs.covid.19#!/vizhome/COVID-19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Overview

West Lothian  998.3 to 1,100.0  

Renfrewshire   871.8 to 1,009.0 

City Of Edinburgh   873.5 to 1007.9

West Dunbartonshire 827.5 to 955.4

South Lanarkshire  852.8 to 948.8

Midlothian  844.9 to 947.9

East Renfrewshire 883.8 to 941.1 

East Dunbartonshire   821.1 to 918.6

North Lanarkshire  768.9 to 848.6

North Ayrshire  797.0 to 844.7  

Falkirk 820.3 to 835.8 

Glasgow City  684.2 to 806.3  

East Lothian  715.5 to 804.4

Clackmannanshire  668.7 to 764.3 

East Ayrshire  731.1 to 745.1

Stirling   658.0 to 734.5

South Ayrshire  625.1 to 659.0

Fife  589.1 to 641.0 

Argyll & Bute   570.1 to 608.7 

Moray  547.5 to 572.6

Inverclyde   513.9 to 555.4

Perth & Kinross 496.3 to 508.2

Dundee City  422.7 to 484.5

Aberdeenshire   428.3 to 467.1 

Scottish  Borders 386.2 to 453.0

Aberdeen City  430.5 to 448.4

Angus  344.5 to 382.5  

Dumfries & Galloway 374.3 to 378.3 

Orkney Islands   375.0 to 375.0 

Highlands   298.2 to 344.1  

Western Isles   366.0 to 335.8

Shetland Islands  306.1 to 319.2  

 

Edited December 22, 2021 by superbigal

[Elixir]

Great thread.

 

[Honest_Man#1]

32 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said:

The responses to this are quite something. It does feel as if the tide is definitely turning. Uncharacteristically tone deaf to post it today too imo.

 

Hilarious comment in defence of Sturgeon from the boy with the SNP badge as his picture about how Twitter is barely used and posting there isn’t reaching many people as it’s “not like it’s the 10 o’clock news”. Still living in 1980 apparently.