Breaking: Italy report 4,050 new cases and 812 new deaths

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New cases down 1,167. New deaths up 56

Changes with yesterday.

A guy on the BBC news special just said in England 159 have died in the last twenty four hours. Is this true. Should someone have a word if its fake news?

That is the number of new deaths that PHE have announced for England today. How is that fake news? There were also 21 deaths in Scotland, Wales and NI, making the total of 180.

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Your daily confirmed cases is incorrect.

That's what it says on the government's dashboard, and it's not the first time they've got the numbers wrong on there!

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f94c3c90da5b4e9f9a0b19484dd4bb14

I think maybe that total new cases is for England only, and they've not included new cases in Scotland, Wales and NI?

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For what reason nobody has any idea.

No, that’s what I thought too but really, these deaths are just numbers to us but to their families, they’re so much more!  It doesn’t matter when these deaths are counted, it makes no difference to us.  Simply ‘wanting to know’, comes second to ‘needing to know’.  I can see the reasoning, although I think the delay is more to do with the reporting process, than letting relatives know. 

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Your daily confirmed cases is incorrect.

 

Government website says 2,107 for the UK

 

It very much is a ban on enjoyment,we are all effectively under house arrest!!

 

 

It restricts it, true. But an example would be that I am a keen wildlife photographer. If I take my daily exercise with an isolated walk in the Country and take my camera with me and am seen I get the distinct impression that I will be frowned on compared to somebody taking their dof for a walk.

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That's what it says on the government's dashboard, and it's not the first time they've got the numbers wrong on there!

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f94c3c90da5b4e9f9a0b19484dd4bb14

I think maybe that total new cases is for England only, and they've not included new cases in Scotland, Wales and NI?

Its crazy. I am not sure how they are not double checking what they are reporting. 

 

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Government website says 2,107 for the UK

Yesterdays PHE Statement: 19,522 Positive

Todays PHE Statement: 22,141 Positive 

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Italy

• New cases have fallen by 1,167


• New deaths have increased by 56


• Patients recovered 14,620 +1,590


• Patients in ICU 3,981 (+75)

That is the number of new deaths that PHE have announced for England today. How is that fake news? There were also 21 deaths in Scotland, Wales and NI, making the total of 180.

The confusion may be down to the wording in news reports.  There’s a difference between 159 people have died today and 159 deaths have been reported today. 

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New cases in Italy continuing to fall

• Thursday: 6,153 


• Friday: 5,959 


• Saturday: 5,974


• Sunday: 5,217 


• Monday: 4,050

2,103 fewer cases between Thursday and today.

The German plane transporting patients from Italy and France to Germany.

Did you see the hospital trains. Two high speed TGV trains have been converted for ICU transportation. 

https://www.france24.com/en/20200326-high-speed-hospital-train-transports-france-s-coronavirus-patients

 

 

I am watching the briefing on iPad. So not sure if it’s just my platform. But is anyone seeing the slides they are showing?

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BREAKING:

2619 New Positive Cases
7.2K Tests

I thought approx 9000 tests were done? 

If your numbers are correct the positive rate is about 36%.

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I thought approx 9000 tests were done? 

If your numbers are correct the positive rate is about 36%.

Its a confusing mess Brian. You have the dashboard showing confirmed cases as different to PHE on Twitter. 

Tests were nowhere near 9k according to official updates today. 

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I am watching the briefing on iPad. So not sure if it’s just my platform. But is anyone seeing the slides they are showing?

Just been out for the daily walk with the boy 

What's the headlines Mark?

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Just been out for the daily walk with the boy 

What's the headlines Mark?

Government will be spending 75m getting Britons back from abroad.

Lots of confusion around testing and confirmed cases

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I am watching the briefing on iPad. So not sure if it’s just my platform. But is anyone seeing the slides they are showing?

 

The first few were missing , then the BBC finally got its act together 

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The first few were missing , then the BBC finally got its act together 

Sky didn’t even manage that. They missed every single one. I wonder if their were told before hand?

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If any country claims to have exact numbers for testing or even more so for deaths then they are either rounding or lying. Normally it would take days or weeks to have these numbers published, to attempt to do it daily (as the public will expect) can only deliver an estimate. The numbers should not be used to extrapolate a trend, rather as others have mentioned, a smoothed running average over a period of days should be used.

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