Coronavirus Super Thread ( merged )

[Taffin]

7 minutes ago, JT1959 said:

Ross once again referring to the British Army and British MOD. Glad he’s clarified that for us I was thinking it could have been the Iraqi or Uzbeke Army aiding in the vaccine program. 

 

Tbf, it's what it's called 😂

[Mikey1874]

Care home vaccination is linked to Covid as you don't get the vaccine if you have Covid.

[sadj]

This place.🤣Superb trolling @Nucky Thompson 🤣

 

Away to try and pick out redjambos figures for you all. That way ya can say Edinburgh should be in tier 1 out of national lockdown , weejies are bad and continue to argue over the Tories say this cause it makes them look good and SNP bad 😉

[Footballfirst]

Scottish numbers: 4 February 2021

Summary

• 1,149 new cases of COVID-19 reported [+171]
• 27,668 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results – 4.9% of these were positive [+4,861; -0.2%]
• 53 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive [-35]
• 127 people are in intensive care with recently confirmed COVID-19 [-4*]
• 1,812 people are in hospital with recently confirmed COVID-19 [-53]
• 694,347 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 9,031 have received their second dose [+45,085; +273]

 

* Yesterday's ICU figure was revised from 128 to 131.

Edited February 4, 2021 by Footballfirst

[sadj]

Just now, Footballfirst said:

Scottish numbers: 4 February 2021

Summary

• 1,149 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 27,668 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results – 4.9% of these were positive
• 53 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
• 127 people are in intensive care with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 1,812 people are in hospital with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 694,347 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 9,031 have received their second dose

Is this redjambos figures? 

[Footballfirst]

3 minutes ago, sadj said:

Is this redjambos figures? 

Yes

[Hugh Phamism]

To try and put the vaccination rollout into perspective here are some estimated figures:

 

Scotland population of over 16 = 4.56m (approx)

 

Vaccines to 3rd Feb = 700K

 

Percentage of over-16 population vaccinated so far is approx 15.3%. That is pretty good going so far.

[sadj]

10 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:

Yes

Thanks FF appreciate you doing it

[Fxxx the SPFL]

16 minutes ago, sadj said:

Is this redjambos figures? 

nope where's ra graph showing the figures for all the cities and other areas

[DETTY29]

3 minutes ago, **** the SPFL said:

nope where's ra graph showing the figures for all the cities and other areas

He's got an appointment.  And will do later.

[DETTY29]

55 minutes ago, Taffin said:

 

Tbf, it's what it's called 😂

On the uk.gov. website NHS England is getting help from UK Army and Scotland from the British Army.

 

Ir's top class trolling from the web admin.

Edited February 4, 2021 by DETTY29

[The Real Maroonblood]

8 minutes ago, DETTY29 said:

On the uk.gov. website NHS England is getting help from UK Army a d Scotland from the British Army.

 

Ir's top class trolling from the web admin.

😄

[DETTY29]

1 hour ago, Brian Dundas said:

Politicians really are arseholes. Why can't they just say that out of x number of care home residents, y have received their vaccine and then explain why there is a shortfall, likewise for any of the groups. It is like they are in denial.

 

Hopefully now this stupid comparison of the devolved administrations will cease and just let everyone get on with it.

It's difficult not to think the moment the 100% care homes figure was out in England, the govt. could then stick it's ore into the Scotland plan who said they were focusing on care homes.

 

It's sort of unravelling what the true position is and after days Alex Thomson managed to get some clarity, but only after troops had been released to Scotland the night before.

 

I'm sure it's all a coincidence and not political.

[Taffin]

11 minutes ago, DETTY29 said:

On the uk.gov. website NHS England is getting help from UK Army and Scotland from the British Army.

 

Ir's top class trolling from the web admin.

 

Trolling England by calling it the UK army? I don't really get why they'd be bothered but I guess if it rustles someone's jimmies somewhere 👍

[Fxxx the SPFL]

27 minutes ago, DETTY29 said:

He's got an appointment.  And will do later.

cheers

[sadj]

23 minutes ago, **** the SPFL said:

nope where's ra graph showing the figures for all the cities and other areas

Here , I said Id put up redjambos figures I never promised any graphs and figures for all da cities and other areas and I also never promised you a rose garden 💁🏻‍♂️

 

4 minutes ago, Taffin said:

 

Trolling England by calling it the UK army? I don't really get why they'd be bothered but I guess if it rustles someone's jimmies somewhere 👍

Its fine we have the Tartan Army - or if ya listen to Unionists thats what we would have anyway and they’d all be pissed Scottish people trying to jab yer arm sozzled 😉 Needs the British Army or UK army to keep us right , long as its not the Barmy Army....😝

 

 

[Byyy The Light]

Question about the stats...

 

I've been looking at them on a daily basis for a while now and one thing I can't get my head around is the number of deaths, ICU admissions and number of people in ICU.

 

For my simple brain, the logic would be that the majority of deaths come from people who have ended up in ICU and unfortunately passed away.  The actual numbers show that ICU admissions on a daily basis tend to be around the 10-15 mark (generalising here) deaths have been consistent 50-80 for a sustained period and the number of people in ICU has remained fairly consistent at around 130-140.  It doesn't seem to be coming down much at all.

 

Is this a nuance in how the numbers are reported or is it just that the majority of people who are dying do not actually end up in ICU?  

 

Not suggesting conspiracy theories or that anybody is pulling wool over people's eyes or anything like that, its just been something I've noticed.  In my mind, if 130 were in ICU, 75 deaths are reported with 10 ICU admissions I would expect the number in ICU to be coming down quicker than it is.  Even allowing for care home deaths and people recovering from ICU.

 

 

Edited February 4, 2021 by Byyy The Light

[Fxxx the SPFL]

Just now, Byyy The Light said:

Question about that stats...

 

I've been looking at them on a daily basis for a while now and one thing I can't get my head around is the number of deaths, ICU admissions and number of people in ICU.

 

For my simple brain, the logic would be that the majority of deaths come from people who have ended up in ICU and unfortunately passed away.  The actual numbers show that ICU admissions on a daily basis tend to be around the 10-15 mark (generalising here) deaths have been consistent 50-80 for a sustained period and the number of people in ICU has remained fairly consistent at around 130-140.  It doesn't seem to be coming down much at all.

 

Is this a nuance in how the numbers are reported or is it just that the majority of people who are dying do not actually end up in ICU?  

 

Not suggesting conspiracy theories or that anybody is pulling wool over people's eyes or anything like that, its just been something I've noticed.  In my mind, if 130 were in ICU, 75 deaths are reported with 10 ICU admissions I would expect the number in ICU to be coming down quicker than it is.  Even allowing for care home deaths and people recovering from ICU.

 

 

aye ye are 

[Mikey1874]

24 minutes ago, Byyy The Light said:

Question about the stats...

 

I've been looking at them on a daily basis for a while now and one thing I can't get my head around is the number of deaths, ICU admissions and number of people in ICU.

 

For my simple brain, the logic would be that the majority of deaths come from people who have ended up in ICU and unfortunately passed away.  The actual numbers show that ICU admissions on a daily basis tend to be around the 10-15 mark (generalising here) deaths have been consistent 50-80 for a sustained period and the number of people in ICU has remained fairly consistent at around 130-140.  It doesn't seem to be coming down much at all.

 

Is this a nuance in how the numbers are reported or is it just that the majority of people who are dying do not actually end up in ICU?  

 

Not suggesting conspiracy theories or that anybody is pulling wool over people's eyes or anything like that, its just been something I've noticed.  In my mind, if 130 were in ICU, 75 deaths are reported with 10 ICU admissions I would expect the number in ICU to be coming down quicker than it is.  Even allowing for care home deaths and people recovering from ICU.

 

 

 

Care home residents don't go into ICU (generally).

 

And some other people don't go into hospital - just die at home. 

[Mikey1874]

[Mikey1874]

 

[scott herbertson]

40 minutes ago, sadj said:

Here , I said Id put up redjambos figures I never promised any graphs and figures for all da cities and other areas and I also never promised you a rose garden 💁🏻‍♂️

 

Its fine we have the Tartan Army - or if ya listen to Unionists thats what we would have anyway and they’d all be pissed Scottish people trying to jab yer arm sozzled 😉 Needs the British Army or UK army to keep us right , long as its not the Barmy Army....😝

 

 

 

 

I can recommend my friend Jonny's book - just out, to while away the time while we wait for the graph...

 

 

 

[Footballfirst]

43 minutes ago, Byyy The Light said:

Question about the stats...

 

I've been looking at them on a daily basis for a while now and one thing I can't get my head around is the number of deaths, ICU admissions and number of people in ICU.

 

For my simple brain, the logic would be that the majority of deaths come from people who have ended up in ICU and unfortunately passed away.  The actual numbers show that ICU admissions on a daily basis tend to be around the 10-15 mark (generalising here) deaths have been consistent 50-80 for a sustained period and the number of people in ICU has remained fairly consistent at around 130-140.  It doesn't seem to be coming down much at all.

 

Is this a nuance in how the numbers are reported or is it just that the majority of people who are dying do not actually end up in ICU?  

 

Not suggesting conspiracy theories or that anybody is pulling wool over people's eyes or anything like that, its just been something I've noticed.  In my mind, if 130 were in ICU, 75 deaths are reported with 10 ICU admissions I would expect the number in ICU to be coming down quicker than it is.  Even allowing for care home deaths and people recovering from ICU.

Looking at the most recent NRS death stats, there were 263 hospital deaths during the week to 31 January with Covid mentioned on the death certificate.   During the same week there were 67 new admissions to ICU. However, Covid patients can spend two or three weeks in ICU, so you also need to look at earlier weeks ICU admissions to get a better correlation between admissions and deaths.  The last four weeks ICU admissions have been 67, 98, 119 and 114, which still doesn't account for the the bulk of the deaths. 

 

It seems that the majority of hospital deaths therefore do not occur in ICU, but elsewhere in the hospital.  It may be that most of the deaths result from admissions of elderly people who are perhaps already to weak to be able to cope with the rigours of ICU, therefore die on the wards.  

Edited February 4, 2021 by Footballfirst

[scott herbertson]

For those needing their weekly case numbers fix, it's no substitute for the Redjambo fabby table but there are some tables here:

 

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/1200709/coronavirus-in-scotland-track-the-spread-in-these-charts-and-maps/

 

 

[Don Dan]

22 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

 

 Thanks Mike👍

[JudyJudyJudy]

51 minutes ago, **** the SPFL said:

aye ye are      they don’t like conspiracy theory Mumbai jumbo in this ere parts !!!! 

[redjambo]

Ok, everyone can relax now, here's the daily technicolour chart. There's a noticeable wee spike of cases in Falkirk, but otherwise the case rates are still generally reducing, albeit slowly. Note that there are no 7-day vaccination figures available for today because the figures released by the SG on 29 January covered 2 days.

 

Many thanks to FF for having posted the SG stats earlier on, and to sadj for making sure that he did (in France, they have a lovely expression for the task: "Inspecteur de travaux finis" (the inspector of completed works).

 

		Pre-	7-day per-100,000 cases
Council Area	Tier	Lockdown	Today	Yesterday			2 Feb	1 Feb	31 Jan	30 Jan	29 Jan	...	20 Dec
Scotland			125	126	-1		132	138	136	140	145	...	98
Falkirk	4	2	218	194	+24		178	173	156	167	172	...	60
North Lanarkshire	4	3	192	202	-10		216	224	221	238	249	...	119
The Weege	4	3	190	190	0		199	209	212	219	228	...	129
Renfrewshire	4	3	179	173	+6		174	176	169	178	185	...	116
South Lanarkshire	4	3	176	178	-2		187	197	191	189	203	...	120
Clackmannanshire	4	3	171	171	0		177	159	173	184	194	...	148
West Dunbartonshire	4	3	170	175	-5		166	171	171	178	179	...	120
North Ayrshire	4	3	169	170	-1		180	189	197	189	197	...	175
East Ayrshire	4	3	155	162	-7		169	173	192	180	190	...	153
East Dunbartonshire	4	3	155	164	-9		173	179	178	179	166	...	70
East Renfrewshire	4	3	154	169	-15		185	191	174	177	178	...	101
Inverclyde	4	2	140	134	+6		147	153	148	150	143	...	59
West Lothian	4	3	138	134	+4		145	149	142	134	123	...	83
Stirling	4	3	136	132	+4		138	143	140	134	134	...	70
Dundee City	4	3	126	125	+1		124	122	103	108	112	...	113
South Ayrshire	4	3	123	123	0		128	135	134	131	141	...	98
Angus	4	2	108	101	+7		120	133	136	133	144	...	37
Midlothian	4	3	105	101	+4		117	123	118	123	114	...	136
Dumfries & Galloway	4	1	103	111	-8		133	138	142	150	150	...	32
Perth and Kinross	4	3	99	104	-5		109	116	122	105	107	...	126
East Lothian	4	3	91	81	+10		78	76	77	72	76	...	148
Argyll & Bute	4/3	2	89	84	+5		80	82	75	75	69	...	29
Moray	4	1	83	95	-12		90	99	104	116	116	...	13
Na h-Eileanan Siar	4	1	82	97	-15		97	75	71	67	67	...	22
Fife	4	3	78	81	-3		84	86	83	84	91	...	97
Scottish Borders	4	1	76	69	+7		77	82	79	87	95	...	85
Edinburgh City	4	3	66	68	-2		71	76	73	74	86	...	109
Aberdeenshire	4	3	62	58	+4		67	71	71	78	80	...	88
Highland	4/3	1	59	64	-5		64	73	75	73	75	...	17
Aberdeen City	4	3	58	66	-8		74	80	80	106	119	...	163
Orkney Islands	3	1	4	9	-5		9	22	27	27	22	...	0
Shetland Islands	3	1	0	0	0		0	4	9	9	17	...	0
7-day averages
Tests			19038	18793	+245		19328	19484	19457	20197	19959	...	16839
Positivity rate %			6.2	6.3	-0.1		6.5	6.7	6.6	6.6	7.1	...	5.2
Hospital (non-ICU)			1780	1802	-22		1821	1830	1837	1845	1862	...	975
ICU			139	141	-2		143	144	145	147	150	...	50
Deaths			50	54	-4		55	57	57	57	59	...	25
All Vaccinations			N/A	27062	N/A		25023	23258	23520	23593	22830
1st Dose			N/A	26753	N/A		24697	22928	23176	23243	22486
2nd Dose			N/A	309	N/A		326	330	344	350	344

[redjambo]

4 minutes ago, scott herbertson said:

For those needing their weekly case numbers fix, it's no substitute for the Redjambo fabby table but there are some tables here:

 

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/1200709/coronavirus-in-scotland-track-the-spread-in-these-charts-and-maps/

 

 

 

I am your most humble servant.

[CJGJ]

What is it that some people just cannot grasp

 

Use or lose,,,they had 15 minutes to find people to vaccinate

 

A medical centre received angry calls and one staff member was threatened after players at a nearby football club were given Covid vaccines.

Chesterfield FC said some players and staff, "most of them vulnerable", were given jabs to stop them being wasted.

However, the medical centre which gave the vaccines has received dozens of angry phone calls since news of the vaccinations appeared in the media.

One threatened a female member of staff, saying he knew where she lived.

The woman has reported the threat to Derbyshire Police, which has confirmed it is investigating.

 

She told the BBC: "My personal details have been put out and I've actually had threats because of this. I got a call saying they knew where I and my family live and to get ready.

"I'm trying to do my job and I've had almost 40 calls this morning. People are phoning the surgery to complain about what's happened because it's been misinterpreted by a reporter who rang me yesterday and was really aggressive.

"It's become very upsetting. I've been on to the police this morning trying to deal with the threats. It's not nice."

She said the players and staff members were given the Pfizer vaccine, which is stored at sub-zero temperatures and has to be used up after being thawed.

It comes after a thousand doses of Pfizer vaccine - worth £12,000 - had to be thrown away in Warwickshire because a parcel was left unrefrigerated for two-and-a-half hours.

"They are very precious vaccines and we are trying desperately not to waste them," said the NHS staff member who was threatened.

"They had to get there within 15 minutes or it would have gone down the drain.

"We're working 12 hours a day, seven days a week to try and get this done and all of that work has been overshadowed by this."

 

[The Real Maroonblood]

3 minutes ago, redjambo said:

Ok, everyone can relax now, here's the daily technicolour chart. There's a noticeable wee spike of cases in Falkirk, but otherwise the case rates are still generally reducing, albeit slowly. Note that there are no 7-day vaccination figures available for today because the figures released by the SG on 29 January covered 2 days.

 

Many thanks to FF for having posted the SG stats earlier on, and to sadj for making sure that he did (in France, they have a lovely expression for the task: "Inspecteur de travaux finis" (the inspector of completed works).

 

		Pre-	7-day per-100,000 cases
Council Area	Tier	Lockdown	Today	Yesterday			2 Feb	1 Feb	31 Jan	30 Jan	29 Jan	...	20 Dec
Scotland			125	126	-1		132	138	136	140	145	...	98
Falkirk	4	2	218	194	+24		178	173	156	167	172	...	60
North Lanarkshire	4	3	192	202	-10		216	224	221	238	249	...	119
The Weege	4	3	190	190	0		199	209	212	219	228	...	129
Renfrewshire	4	3	179	173	+6		174	176	169	178	185	...	116
South Lanarkshire	4	3	176	178	-2		187	197	191	189	203	...	120
Clackmannanshire	4	3	171	171	0		177	159	173	184	194	...	148
West Dunbartonshire	4	3	170	175	-5		166	171	171	178	179	...	120
North Ayrshire	4	3	169	170	-1		180	189	197	189	197	...	175
East Ayrshire	4	3	155	162	-7		169	173	192	180	190	...	153
East Dunbartonshire	4	3	155	164	-9		173	179	178	179	166	...	70
East Renfrewshire	4	3	154	169	-15		185	191	174	177	178	...	101
Inverclyde	4	2	140	134	+6		147	153	148	150	143	...	59
West Lothian	4	3	138	134	+4		145	149	142	134	123	...	83
Stirling	4	3	136	132	+4		138	143	140	134	134	...	70
Dundee City	4	3	126	125	+1		124	122	103	108	112	...	113
South Ayrshire	4	3	123	123	0		128	135	134	131	141	...	98
Angus	4	2	108	101	+7		120	133	136	133	144	...	37
Midlothian	4	3	105	101	+4		117	123	118	123	114	...	136
Dumfries & Galloway	4	1	103	111	-8		133	138	142	150	150	...	32
Perth and Kinross	4	3	99	104	-5		109	116	122	105	107	...	126
East Lothian	4	3	91	81	+10		78	76	77	72	76	...	148
Argyll & Bute	4/3	2	89	84	+5		80	82	75	75	69	...	29
Moray	4	1	83	95	-12		90	99	104	116	116	...	13
Na h-Eileanan Siar	4	1	82	97	-15		97	75	71	67	67	...	22
Fife	4	3	78	81	-3		84	86	83	84	91	...	97
Scottish Borders	4	1	76	69	+7		77	82	79	87	95	...	85
Edinburgh City	4	3	66	68	-2		71	76	73	74	86	...	109
Aberdeenshire	4	3	62	58	+4		67	71	71	78	80	...	88
Highland	4/3	1	59	64	-5		64	73	75	73	75	...	17
Aberdeen City	4	3	58	66	-8		74	80	80	106	119	...	163
Orkney Islands	3	1	4	9	-5		9	22	27	27	22	...	0
Shetland Islands	3	1	0	0	0		0	4	9	9	17	...	0
7-day averages
Tests			19038	18793	+245		19328	19484	19457	20197	19959	...	16839
Positivity rate %			6.2	6.3	-0.1		6.5	6.7	6.6	6.6	7.1	...	5.2
Hospital (non-ICU)			1780	1802	-22		1821	1830	1837	1845	1862	...	975
ICU			139	141	-2		143	144	145	147	150	...	50
Deaths			50	54	-4		55	57	57	57	59	...	25
All Vaccinations			N/A	27062	N/A		25023	23258	23520	23593	22830
1st Dose			N/A	26753	N/A		24697	22928	23176	23243	22486
2nd Dose			N/A	309	N/A		326	330	344	350	344

👍

I hope  you are well.

[Don Dan]

4 minutes ago, CJGJ said:

it's been misinterpreted by a reporter who rang me yesterday and was really aggressive.

Nothing new there then. 
 

 

[redjambo]

6 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

👍

I hope  you are well.

 

It was a routine appointment, no biggy, but thanks for your wishes, TRM. Furthest I've been from the house for quite a while though! Felt like an explorer in a strange city.

[The Real Maroonblood]

2 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

It was a routine appointment, no biggy, but thanks for your wishes, TRM. Furthest I've been from the house for quite a while though! Felt like an explorer in a strange city.

I look forward going shopping these days.

How sad.

[redjambo]

6 minutes ago, Boy Daniel said:

Nothing new there then.

 

Yeah, that bit annoyed me a bit too, BD. News reporters are there to gather and report the news, and all power to them, but they also have a responsibility to do so in a way which reflects the reality of the situation and which doesn't lead to jumped conclusions or misinterpretation. As far as I'm concerned, the medical centre played a blinder - good on them.

[redjambo]

1 minute ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

I look forward going shopping these days.

How sad.

 

These are strange days. Imagine what it will feel like when we're let loose again.

[CJGJ]

3 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

I look forward going shopping these days.

How sad.

I've been getting regular blood tests for an ongoing condition and going to the doctors surgery seems like a little piece of freedom,,,,,,,never been stopped yet on my travels

[Hugh Phamism]

22 minutes ago, redjambo said:

Ok, everyone can relax now, here's the daily technicolour chart. There's a noticeable wee spike of cases in Falkirk, but otherwise the case rates are still generally reducing, albeit slowly. Note that there are no 7-day vaccination figures available for today because the figures released by the SG on 29 January covered 2 days.

 

Many thanks to FF for having posted the SG stats earlier on, and to sadj for making sure that he did (in France, they have a lovely expression for the task: "Inspecteur de travaux finis" (the inspector of completed works).

 

		Pre-	7-day per-100,000 cases
Council Area	Tier	Lockdown	Today	Yesterday			2 Feb	1 Feb	31 Jan	30 Jan	29 Jan	...	20 Dec
Scotland			125	126	-1		132	138	136	140	145	...	98
Falkirk	4	2	218	194	+24		178	173	156	167	172	...	60
North Lanarkshire	4	3	192	202	-10		216	224	221	238	249	...	119
The Weege	4	3	190	190	0		199	209	212	219	228	...	129
Renfrewshire	4	3	179	173	+6		174	176	169	178	185	...	116
South Lanarkshire	4	3	176	178	-2		187	197	191	189	203	...	120
Clackmannanshire	4	3	171	171	0		177	159	173	184	194	...	148
West Dunbartonshire	4	3	170	175	-5		166	171	171	178	179	...	120
North Ayrshire	4	3	169	170	-1		180	189	197	189	197	...	175
East Ayrshire	4	3	155	162	-7		169	173	192	180	190	...	153
East Dunbartonshire	4	3	155	164	-9		173	179	178	179	166	...	70
East Renfrewshire	4	3	154	169	-15		185	191	174	177	178	...	101
Inverclyde	4	2	140	134	+6		147	153	148	150	143	...	59
West Lothian	4	3	138	134	+4		145	149	142	134	123	...	83
Stirling	4	3	136	132	+4		138	143	140	134	134	...	70
Dundee City	4	3	126	125	+1		124	122	103	108	112	...	113
South Ayrshire	4	3	123	123	0		128	135	134	131	141	...	98
Angus	4	2	108	101	+7		120	133	136	133	144	...	37
Midlothian	4	3	105	101	+4		117	123	118	123	114	...	136
Dumfries & Galloway	4	1	103	111	-8		133	138	142	150	150	...	32
Perth and Kinross	4	3	99	104	-5		109	116	122	105	107	...	126
East Lothian	4	3	91	81	+10		78	76	77	72	76	...	148
Argyll & Bute	4/3	2	89	84	+5		80	82	75	75	69	...	29
Moray	4	1	83	95	-12		90	99	104	116	116	...	13
Na h-Eileanan Siar	4	1	82	97	-15		97	75	71	67	67	...	22
Fife	4	3	78	81	-3		84	86	83	84	91	...	97
Scottish Borders	4	1	76	69	+7		77	82	79	87	95	...	85
Edinburgh City	4	3	66	68	-2		71	76	73	74	86	...	109
Aberdeenshire	4	3	62	58	+4		67	71	71	78	80	...	88
Highland	4/3	1	59	64	-5		64	73	75	73	75	...	17
Aberdeen City	4	3	58	66	-8		74	80	80	106	119	...	163
Orkney Islands	3	1	4	9	-5		9	22	27	27	22	...	0
Shetland Islands	3	1	0	0	0		0	4	9	9	17	...	0
7-day averages
Tests			19038	18793	+245		19328	19484	19457	20197	19959	...	16839
Positivity rate %			6.2	6.3	-0.1		6.5	6.7	6.6	6.6	7.1	...	5.2
Hospital (non-ICU)			1780	1802	-22		1821	1830	1837	1845	1862	...	975
ICU			139	141	-2		143	144	145	147	150	...	50
Deaths			50	54	-4		55	57	57	57	59	...	25
All Vaccinations			N/A	27062	N/A		25023	23258	23520	23593	22830
1st Dose			N/A	26753	N/A		24697	22928	23176	23243	22486
2nd Dose			N/A	309	N/A		326	330	344	350	344

 

The Falkirk spike seems to be in the Banknock, Haggs and Longcroft area.

 

[Nucky Thompson]

20,634 positive tests out of 801,949 daily tests that produced results.

915 deaths reported

2375 people admitted to hospital. Down 23.1% in a week

31,670 people in hospital. Down from 37,714 a week ago.

 

[redjambo]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Phamism said:

 

The Falkirk spike seems to be in the Banknock, Haggs and Longcroft area.

 

 

Thanks. You know there's a wee problem in the area when the local bus company announce that they have 8 staff members who have tested positive at one of its depots, but a spokesperson for the company says that there is “no evidence of a link between cases".

 

https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/health/coronavirus/first-bus-confirms-larbert-depot-coronavirus-outbreak-3121899

 

This is definitely the sort of situation, imo, where the SG needs to very quickly set up a rapid mass testing unit in order to nip the virus in the bud.

[Byyy The Light]

50 minutes ago, Brian Dundas said:

About 65% of Covid 28 day test deaths occur in hospital, so 30/35 a day on average in the worst period of this wave. You are correct that the average of ICU admissions was 15 or so, I assume that means that not all are put into ICU before they die.

 

41 minutes ago, Footballfirst said:

Looking at the most recent NRS death stats, there were 263 hospital deaths during the week to 31 January with Covid mentioned on the death certificate.   During the same week there were 67 new admissions to ICU, however, Covid patients can spend two or three weeks in ICU, so you also need to look at earlier weeks ICU admissions to get a better correlation between admissions and deaths.  The last four weeks ICU admissions have been 67, 98, 119 and 114, which still doesn't account for the the bulk of the deaths. 

 

It seems that the majority of hospital deaths therefore do not occur in ICU, but elsewhere in the hospital.  It may be that most of the deaths result from admissions of elderly people who are perhaps already to weak to be able to cope with the rigours of ICU, therefore die on the wards.  

 

Thanks for the responses guys. I find it surprising that such a high percentage don't go to ICU but given that many poor souls are likely very frail I guess it makes sense.

[Toxteth O'Grady]

7 minutes ago, Hugh Phamism said:

 

The Falkirk spike seems to be in the Banknock, Haggs and Longcroft area.

 

I think there are a couple of care homes in the banknock area. Can’t think of much else there.

[The Real Maroonblood]

3 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

Thanks. You know there's a wee problem in the area when the local bus company announce that they have 8 staff members who have tested positive at one of its depots, but a spokesperson for the company says that there is “no evidence of a link between cases".

 

https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/health/coronavirus/first-bus-confirms-larbert-depot-coronavirus-outbreak-3121899

 

This is definitely the sort of situation, imo, where the SG needs to very quickly set up a rapid mass testing unit in order to nip the virus in the bud.

Good post.

[Hugh Phamism]

Just now, redjambo said:

 

Thanks. You know there's a wee problem in the area when the local bus company announce that they have 8 staff members who have tested positive at one of its depots, but a spokesperson for the company says that there is “no evidence of a link between cases".

 

https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/health/coronavirus/first-bus-confirms-larbert-depot-coronavirus-outbreak-3121899

 

This is definitely the sort of situation, imo, where the SG needs to very quickly set up a rapid mass testing unit in order to nip the virus in the bud.

 

I agree RJ. There was a spike in my home town of Bo'ness in early January and Forth Valley did exactly that by setting up rapid testing for anyone who wanted it over a 3 day period. The case levels went down sharply over the next 2 weeks. However, FVHB then went an put Bo'ness at the bottom of the list for over 80's vaccines. Left hand and right hand not talking... 

[Hugh Phamism]

4 minutes ago, Toxteth O'Grady said:

I think there are a couple of care homes in the banknock area. Can’t think of much else there.

 

Population of 4000, but no large communities as such

 

[ri Alban]

Cannae wait til the summer, everything will be back to normal and hopefully we can get to see Hearts lift the SC at Hampden and Scotland crowned European Champions at Wembley. 

 

Happy days are coming, good folks of JKB. 

 

[The Real Maroonblood]

24 minutes ago, CJGJ said:

I've been getting regular blood tests for an ongoing condition and going to the doctors surgery seems like a little piece of freedom,,,,,,,never been stopped yet on my travels

👍

[redjambo]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Phamism said:

 

I agree RJ. There was a spike in my home town of Bo'ness in early January and Forth Valley did exactly that by setting up rapid testing for anyone who wanted it over a 3 day period. The case levels went down sharply over the next 2 weeks. However, FVHB then went an put Bo'ness at the bottom of the list for over 80's vaccines. Left hand and right hand not talking... 

 

Good to hear that they were on the ball.

 

And a bit of a geopolitical lesson for me, HP. I always thought that Bo'ness was in West Lothian. I was surprised to just learn that although it was historically, it became part of Falkirk Council in 1973. Shows how behind the times I am.

 

A quick web search came up with the following:

 

Although not too dramatic in terms of population, the historic area of the Lothians was nibbled away at in the 1973 Act. The biggest population change would have been moving Bo’ness from West Lothian to Falkirk. From Midlothian, the area around the Heriot and Lugate Waters plus where they join to form the Gala Water was transferred into the Borders. Finally, a very small rural part of East Lothian also went into the Borders, establishing the latter’s current area.

The changes between the parts of the Lothians were much more impactful. Both West and Midlothian ceded areas to an expanded Edinburgh, and Midlothian also passed Musselburgh over to East Lothian.

 

Every day, as they say, is a school day. Sorry for going off-topic.

[Hugh Phamism]

1 minute ago, redjambo said:

 

Good to hear that they were on the ball.

 

And a bit of a geopolitical lesson for me, HP. I always thought that Bo'ness was in West Lothian. I was surprised to just learn that although it was historically, it became part of Falkirk Council in 1973. Shows how behind the times I am.

 

A quick web search came up with the following:

 

Although not too dramatic in terms of population, the historic area of the Lothians was nibbled away at in the 1973 Act. The biggest population change would have been moving Bo’ness from West Lothian to Falkirk. From Midlothian, the area around the Heriot and Lugate Waters plus where they join to form the Gala Water was transferred into the Borders. Finally, a very small rural part of East Lothian also went into the Borders, establishing the latter’s current area.

The changes between the parts of the Lothians were much more impactful. Both West and Midlothian ceded areas to an expanded Edinburgh, and Midlothian also passed Musselburgh over to East Lothian.

 

Every day, as they say, is a school day. Sorry for going off-topic.

Yup. We are now Falkirk, but with an EH post code and an 01506 dialing code. Talk about an identity crisis.

[The Real Maroonblood]

2 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

Good to hear that they were on the ball.

 

And a bit of a geopolitical lesson for me, HP. I always thought that Bo'ness was in West Lothian. I was surprised to just learn that although it was historically, it became part of Falkirk Council in 1973. Shows how behind the times I am.

 

A quick web search came up with the following:

 

Although not too dramatic in terms of population, the historic area of the Lothians was nibbled away at in the 1973 Act. The biggest population change would have been moving Bo’ness from West Lothian to Falkirk. From Midlothian, the area around the Heriot and Lugate Waters plus where they join to form the Gala Water was transferred into the Borders. Finally, a very small rural part of East Lothian also went into the Borders, establishing the latter’s current area.

The changes between the parts of the Lothians were much more impactful. Both West and Midlothian ceded areas to an expanded Edinburgh, and Midlothian also passed Musselburgh over to East Lothian.

 

Every day, as they say, is a school day. Sorry for going off-topic.

Red have you any idea what Edinburgh numbers were before this lockdown?

[Nucky Thompson]

7 minutes ago, ri Alban said:

Cannae wait til the summer, everything will be back to normal and hopefully we can get to see Hearts lift the SC at Hampden and Scotland crowned European Champions at Wembley. 

 

Happy days are coming, good folks of JKB. 

 

They were saying in the paper this morning about having a 10 day festival of football where 3 rounds of the SC would be played over the 10 days. They are running out of dates to play the games and there was also talk of playing it next season and having the final in December again