I don't think we are near the peak yet, it's more likely to be around 10-15 April.

We also risk getting used to these high numbers of deaths, they sound just like abstract numbers but behind each one of them, there is a human story. 

If we're getting back on track with France (as was stated a couple of days ago by one of the health experts) it should be a lot lower than 700. He/she will have had access to more information and data than we do. Therefore, it suggests the very high counts in the UK during the last couple of days may in part be down to administrative issues. We should be looking at 350 to 450 today.

Agree. That's my current estimate of when the peak will occur. May not show in the figures until a few days later than that.

Agreed, yesterday we saw the highest number of new cases, there is nothing I can see that suggests this wont continue to be the case over the next few days.

Deaths will therefore likely peak mid April. I also don't see a sudden and sharp decline in reported deaths. I think we could see deaths still in the 300s even by late April

Handjob looked very refreshed yesterday and seems to be high on something this morning on LBC. Perhaps he wasn't ill at all and just wanted a week off?

HMG consists of liars and poltroons. They learned to lie and dissemble during the Brexit debacle. It seems to be their only setting. Pointing out their lies out isn’t a playground game. It is serious. What is utterly tiresome is your constant shilling for these goons in the face of overwhelming evidence.

The vast majority of our friends here can see how utterly ridiculous your posts have become. You are a laughing stock.

The same experts who said last week that the daily peak would be 260?

This is a bit of comic relief - a Venezuelan warship takes on a Portuguese cruise ship and loses - Caracas

"A cruise company has said that one of its liners was shot at and rammed by a Venezuelan navy vessel, which ended up sinking after the clash in the Caribbean.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the captain of the RCGS Resolute cruise ship, which sails under a Portuguese flag, of “terrorism and piracy” by deliberating ramming the offshore patrol vessel."

If not today, I'd say it's a certainty in the next few days.

We'll have done well if we fail to see 1,000 deaths a day at any point.

(EDIT: And do bear in mind that we see 600,000 or so deaths a year anyway. Covid-19 will be pressing the "fast forward" button on many of these.)

Maunder, genuine question. 

If Corbyn was in charge and the exact same debacle occurred, would you be reacting in the same way?

I wouldn't attempt any linear extrapolation of our number of deaths as the reporting is inconsistent and we could again have lower figures on some days. The trend is clear though and we haven't reached our peak yet.

Is there any information anywhere showing hospitalisations per country based on population count?

He'd be foaming in the mouth like he did with Gordon Brown. He'd also call the economic measures a socialist takeover of the country and going the Venezuelan route etc.

I would be lamenting his fiscal profligacy. I hope I would not be jumping on every statement and crying "liar" however.

Sounds like the only really reliable Anti Body test is coming from Porton Down and will not be available en masse this month. Unfortunately many of the anti body test,s are not accurate enough. You need a very low percentage of false positives otherwise it will be worse than useless.

I can answer for myself Mr China apologist.

The BBC reporter on the news last night tested himself with one manufactured in Northern Ireland and he tested positive, much to his own surprise.

Much as we may wish to get the antibody testing show on the road, it is right that all the products are validated for accuracy before they are purchased by HMG - but that of course delays the process.

He said his main symptom had been a "sore throat" for a couple of days and difficulty eating because of it. Virtually always what happens to me when I (rarely) get a common cold. It made me wonder: a) did Hancock actually have C19 b) and following on from a, how accurate is the testing 

But he is a partisan tribal loyalist, I would probably be the same if Labour was overseeing this, but I am more detached than I used to be. Maunder would allow King Boris to have his way with his daughters if it was ordered by Central Office

I voted for her, but she will probably come last tomorrow!

That message comes from the frontline. I’m literally treating people with Covid-19, not sitting at some desk tweeting from my living room.

The @WHO say you can be infectious 14 days after symptoms stop, our Govt must change advice - urgently! https://t.co/H7NKFwDXG7 pic.twitter.com/rBtmHcGjNM

— Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (@DrRosena) April 2, 2020