COVID STATS 2 JAN 2021

Not looking good – and if pictures from NYE are anything to go by getting worse!

	27.09	23.10	5.11	19.11	5.12	19.12	22.12		2.1
North Somerset	31	79	177	304	142	134	153	188	256
Cornwall	20	29	47	90	25	44	66	79	173
Bristol	46	228	350	480	168	137	153	166	217
Chelmsford	41	68	91	150	109	431	597	751	878
Exeter	283	175	128	168	102	96	117	144	147
Braintree	42	60	58	109	104	462	582	709	910
Plymouth	30	116	150	225	63	72	92	107	219
IoW	10	24	41	78	29	28	71	110	253
Liverpool	516	568	330	276	97	103	138	171	242
Manchester		458	466	372	175	175	173	196	208
Sunderland	274	297	309	412	161	151	155	176	267
Newcastle	445	298	284	449	156	160	152	139	147
Swansea			397	231	368	756	747	696	400
Cardiff			301	156	247	629	678	684	460
Glasgow			286	275	147	148	146	151	194
Aberdeen			41	58	61	142	158	174	171
Belfast			317	213	109	114	140	150	225
Newry			199	118	113	218	244	236	256
Sandford							82	106	201
W.Bodmin							0	62	62
Lostwithiel							55	99.8	190

Local figures show increase, I hesitate to say exponential, but they have doubled in actual number in last week. Cornwall figures seemed to take a hit from half-term holidays and the same for the Isle of Wight. What has happened in Essex in December? There must be an explanation better than a new variant on the virus. Was it Xmas shopping?

Why has the government. … an idea…… – why not get volunteers (young and foolish!) to wear gps monitors and follow them for a week.  Monitor absolutely all their contacts and movements – they would not need to take risks, but maybe could be Uber drivers or delivery drivers – those who have no choice of isolating due to economic circumstances.  This would be so much cheaper than the billions (I cannot believe the figure for test and trace is so high (and they called it NHS test and trace when the NHS were not allowed to participate – corrupt bastards!).