Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
UK: 4700 new cases this week, 65 deaths this week. Total deaths 125,000
Australia: 100 cases, 0 deaths this week. Total deaths 909.
Population UK: 66.6 million
Population Australia: 25.4 million
66.6/25.4 = 2.6
Yes, I would call that awash despite the "numbers are well down".
The UK is well and truly trending in the right direction though.
It’s time to look forward and find a way out, and cut out this sort of alarmist language like “awash”. The media have cultivated this type of fear throughout this pandemic unfortunately.