Originally Posted by
ATNotts
Two things; first I believe that included in these figures are ca 10,000 people involved in a week, becoming monthly, random study and second; it will include a number of people who have had testing kits sent out to them, how many return them completed? The figures don't represent tests analysed daily.
Correct.
Helipixman - remember too that it is also tests carried/sent out which does not tally 1:1 with people tested. A bit of a fudge there I admit. However, even then when tests come back they are largely coming back negative. Even better that whilst testing has increased, positive cases are decreasing.
For anyone else, worth also having a look here at the death and positive tests by date of occurrence. Granted only shows NHS/PHE lab confirmed tests but these are the most consistently reported and amongst the more ‘exposed ‘key workers’:
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/
Whatever way you look at it, again, all trends are solid and in the right direction. We are getting there in spite of some (lots of) government and public floundering.