Some areas of the country have not seen many cases at all. Below are the english council areas with lowest rates of cases per 100,000 population. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are only slightly higher so i can understand some of what your relative said. Their problem is that if things do take off from here then there are more people to catch it and pass it on so getting off lucky now may lead to them having bigger problems down the road.

 

County              No. of cases  rate per 100,000

East Sussex                  491 88.5

Cornwall & IoS              444 78.1

Devon                          604 75.9

Somerset                     424 75.8

Wiltshire                      369 74.1

Dorset                         272 72.2

North East Lincs           114 71.3

Isle of Wight                  82 57.9

Rutland                         15 37.8

Very sad and Grim

However, the deaths in care homes, which the daily figures from government do not include, are rising rapidly and could prove very difficult to get under control.

In fact, if we included them we would have passed the 20,000 mark some time ago.

 

 

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He is one of the few people ever to hold a position of such power where no twisting whatsoever is required to make him look ignorant. Just watch unedited video clips. Do you think he is well informed, insightful, knowledgeable, wise, learned, capable, understanding tolerant of others ?? These are a few of the antonyms of ignorant so if you think he has these attributes then fair enough.

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Nice to see a decent drop there, about 4% i think.

That's quite a big drop. In recent days the trend has accelerated. Good news. 

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So are they patients JUST with COVID and no underlying symptoms?

 

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Isn't he suppose to be one of the smarter ones!! Did she get a chance to mention the word "contagious" to him  - I doubt it, it was Fox News.

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Yes it is but for how long? Can hardly call it lockdown from these parts anymore.

 

This 10 people bubble that is being touted around , WTF is that all about …………….you might as well open up restaurants and do a ticket system in pubs  

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Sadly most people do - till they or somebody they love gets it!

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The symptom tracker app shows it fading away steadily but people might not be reporting as regularly as they were.
This is based on possible symptoms - or not having symptoms - by daily report (it nags you to do it)
https://covid.joinzoe.com/data 
(scroll down for animation)

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I've got a few umbrellas 

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But mine has never shown anymore than 2,500,000 contributing 

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You won't find a larger sample, and people are more likely to report on it if they have symptoms?

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Ok, I've done it every day so far but I guess most have lost interest if truth be known 

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That would make the rate of infection go up, not down - unless people who were reporting symptoms are now all in hospital on a ventilator.

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Daily slides

Transport - A bit of concern about the slight rise in motor vehicle usage

Cases - Starting to become more stable now

Hospitals - We're now seeing a sustained reduction in people treated in UK hospitals

2,910 patients are in ICU down from 3,360 from this time last week

What , not using the App ?

Why would it ? 

I know 8 people at work who had it and I am the only one still using it , hence my original comment 

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This was published a couple of weeks ago but I've just seen it now. The bolded section surprised me because I thought those were NOT symptoms.

Hillmann: Coronavirus is actually quite a significant spectrum of symptoms, from people who are entirely asymptomatic and would have no idea that they have it to people with very mild, cold-like symptoms – runny nose, congestion, sore throat – to people with more flu-like symptoms – high fevers, muscle aches, shortness of breath and cough. Loss of smell and taste are also symptoms. All the way up to people with severe illness, who we’re seeing in the hospital with respiratory failure, requiring ICU care.

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/apr/13/coronavirus-have-i-already-had-covid-19

 

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That's interesting. It shows the peak of infections on April 1, which is also a good match for the lockdown (average incubation period is 5.5 days). 

I've no idea TBH. 

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Imagine defending every bats**t crazy thing Donald Trump spews out.

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Sore throat was, I thought, but the other two weren't mentioned much at the beginning. As time goes on it seems almost anything can be a symptom!

My own mystery flu-light involved a pretty rough sore throat for a few days. I normally get a sore throat for a day or two before a cold, but this was something else! (I also didn't develop a blocked nose or congestion, just very mild flu-like symptoms. I still have the odd cough even now, a month on!)

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Italy

• 2,357 new cases


• 415 new deaths 

I only asked because my Uncles brother ( Cancer sufferer ) was admitted to hospital for treatment but got the virus and within 5 days had died , his days were numbered clearly and by all accounts was given until Xmas to live but cause of death will go down as the virus 

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