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greentricky

Big jump in the numbers today, a lot more than I was expecting

The DHSC said that as of 9am on 1 April, a total of 152,979 people had been tested of whom 29,474 tested positive.

As of 5pm on 31 March, of those treated in hospital in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 2,352 had died.

This is an increase of 563 – or 31% – from the 1,789 deaths reported the day before.

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SwissChap in reply to @greentricky

Well, unfortunately we're still in the 'exponential growth' period for the death numbers at least, I don't see how the measures taken so far could already translate into an effect on deaths. With respect to the number of infected, it's difficult to interpret that anyway, as the UK is not doing a "test everybody everywhere as much as possible" type of approach.

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