Covid-19

[Heebie Jeebie]

The extra time does seem to have made a difference in Scotland. Way too many decisions for England/whole of the UK have been made based on politics and economics rather than saving lives.

[Mountain Goat]

Everyone might already be familiar with this but I wasn't, so in case....it's a really solid dataset of most data you might want to see.

http://covidtracker.uksouth.cloudapp.azure.com/

[Mountain Goat]

Oof, extended lockdown in Leicester then, though I'm not clear on how large an area that actually covers.

[Pippedydeadeye]

So they’re locking down Leicester, but no one knows what that means yet. Do I go to work tomorrow as planned? It’s literally just inside the city boundary.

[Mountain Goat]

I was hoping you would know actual details! What a mess.

[Rosa]

All I can see is that non-essential shops must close tomorrow, and schools will close (except for vulnerable/key worker children) from Thursday. Not very helpful!

[Pippedydeadeye]

I have an update from Friday saying there are 75 inpatients with COVID-19, which is pretty low. But the consultants have said anecdotally that patient numbers are going up.

[Pippedydeadeye]

Schools break up next Friday (10th) anyway.

[Mountain Goat]

How does that compare to the peak?

[Pippedydeadeye]

The peak was something like 250-300.

They’ve mentioned Oadby, Birstall & Glenfield. None of which are where I live, but I know people who do.

[Mountain Goat]

That's a lot less then but I guess it's the speed it's growing?

[nineseven]

I think it’s based on positive tests rather than hospital admissions. They’ve said the number of cases there are three times higher than the next highest city.

[Mountain Goat]

That makes sense.

[Mountain Goat]

Given the current mood of the nation I wonder how many people in Leicester will just test their eyes by driving to the next city to go shopping etc.

[Disco]

That was just mentioned, Goat, by a reporter on ITV news.

[Disco]

He didn't reference that well known test of eyesight! Just that people are likely to travel out of Leicester.

[Pippedydeadeye]

The main retail park (my previous place of worship) is outside the city boundary.

Coventry, Tamworth, Derby & Nottingham are all close enough to test eyesight.

[Mountain Goat]

Maybe I was that reporter..

[Pippedydeadeye]

Tamworth & Nottingham have castles and shops, so are ideal.

[Mountain Goat]

Someone on the Grimsby local paper website claims that people from Leicester " keep coming here for fish and chips". .