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I find some of the statistic hard to understand. for instance, on the news last night they said that 1 in 50 people in the UK has Covid at the moment. That means that in our Borough of around 50,000 we should have 1,000 people with Covid if we were an average Borough. I know we have below the average number of cases but I don't think we have had a 1,000 cases in the Borough since this damn thing started. I still know only about 10 people who have had it and 1 person who died from a heart problem within 28 days of a positive test.

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Grandad,
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The ONS gain their stats by sending out 1000s and 1000s of random tests out to folks.

Whereas the vast majority of positive tests come from folks who are either feeling poorly or working in areas that place them in vulnerable situations.

In short the ONS are using their boffins to make a reasonable estimate, whereas the official numbers are confirmed cases. Both sets of numbers can be correct.

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IDFIMH

Using the LG inform stats which are up to 5th Jan

Rutland 1 person in 48 has had a positive test

Brighton and Hove by comparison is 1 in 33

SKDC overall is 1 in 31 however Grotsville and Stamford are much higher but cumulative figures for Stamford I don't know where to find them

Melton Mowbray is 1 in 29 apparently

and Lincoln home of Jimbo the Imp is 1 in 19

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Funny is it?

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Father of the rank.

There surely must come a time when most folks have had the bug.

If London and the South East is 1 in 30 then at that rate we all have had it in six months.

Clearly that rate hasn't always been as high as 1 in 30, but at the beginning it was that high just that no one could assess it properly through lack of testing, or lack of tests to do the testing.

ONS say about 12/13% of the population have had the bug, but that doesn't include kids and folks living in care homes.

Does seem low to me.

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IDFIMH

Nor the persons who did not know they have had it.

Eh learn your smilies that is the WORRIED smiley why would I find this funny courtesy of our government hesitating we are now in one of the gravest situations this country has faced for a very long time

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Latest numbers for certain councils. Positive tests per 100,000.

B&H last week 778 now 492.

Melton last week 290 now 232.

South Kestevens last week 394 now 291.

Lincoln last week 377 now 309.

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IDFIMH

it is coming down locally over xmas and new year Stamford was running at about 107 positives last 7 says as of 14th Jan it is 54 so half the number but deaths are rising particularly in the Nursing homes

It is ironic that we have 5 nursing homes locally that are probably at an occupancy level of 60 percent but another is going to open soon and 2 more have passed planning ! both on former industrial sites where the councils idea of a mixed use development is houses plus a nursing home or supermarket

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