Tag: Cases

There was another rise in positive tests today, which passed 4,000 for the first time since April, but reported Covid deaths remained flat with just 10 victims.

The average age of newly infected Brits has fallen from 41 at the beginning of the year to just 29 – the lowest average age recorded yet.

Neil Ferguson says that the spread of the Indian strain may lead to restrictions being "tightened" – but as Britain recorded 3,000 Covid cases today for the first time in a month, deaths remained in the single figures.

Lockdown proponents often argue that case numbers always go down after a lockdown is imposed. However, there are several countries where a lockdown was imposed, but case numbers did not immediately decline.