Wuhan coronavirus

I found all of my missing numbers And also added another column - % of those tested that proved positive (highlighted column.) Very eye opening!

Ah well done, that's what I was wondering. So it looks like it's tapered off, but when you dig in you find that the number tested is down, but the proportion of those that were tested that were positive was UP!

The more I read into this and the more I learn the more I think BoJo is doing us no favors at all. I can see why they want to stop testing as the % of positive cases from those that are tested is increasing exponentially.

Here are a couple of news stories from a few days ago.

March 11th - NHS to ramp up testing capacity - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51814874

As you can see on my graph the number tested did increase until March 14th then went down on March 15th and this was in the news:
WHO slams UK for scaling back coronavirus testing and warns ‘don’t just let this fire burn’ - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11172831/who-slams-uk-coronavirus-testing/

So what we are seeing in the results/numbers are true to what has been said. It's all just a bit fucked up with less testing etc. I think their attitude is something of "Everyone is going to get it at some point, lets stop testing so much as the numbers are frightening, and carry on infecting the herd". I mean, damn, 9.2% of those tested are infected!

News today, so far.. (I have had to split it over two posts as the forum won't allow too many links per post)

(UK) It's self-isolation Monday: Millions of workers stay at home leaving trains and roads EMPTY as ministers warn 'ghost services' on railways could be axed completely amid coronavirus crisis
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8116059/Millions-workers-start-working-home-Britain-faces-coronavirus-crisis.html

(UK) People refusing quarantine face jail or £1,000 fine under strict coronavirus rules
https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/16/people-refusing-quarantine-face-jail-1000-fine-strict-coronavirus-rules-12402879/

Downing Street to give daily TV briefings on outbreak
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51901818

Johnson poised to introduce stricter coronavirus measures in Cobra meeting
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-16/johnson-poised-to-introduce-stricter-coronavirus-measures-in-cobra-meeting/

France is considering complete lockdown for PARIS as people ignore advice to stay at home and number of coronavirus infections surges
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8116131/France-considering-complete-lockdown-PARIS-people-ignore-advice.html

UK outbreak ‘could see nearly 8m hospitalised and last until spring 2021’, report warns
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-uk-how-long-last-predicted-death-toll-hospital-test-nhs-a9403651.html

New York City shuts down schools, restaurants and theatres
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51902681

The Sun has indicated 1421 now infected in the UK, with 36 deaths. I'm still waiting for the official figure to update though before I add the numbers to my chart.

Coronavirus deaths hit 36 in Britain as cases surge to 1,421 as killer bug sweeps UK
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11182768/coronavirus-cases-total-britain-uk-virus-wales/

Meanwhile in other news (links to stories are here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/16/coronavirus-live-updates-us-cdc-events-europe-lockdown-uk-deaths-australia-france-italy-spain-update-latest-news?page=with:block-5e6f7cea8f085e564ad84f9c#block-5e6f7cea8f085e564ad84f9c):

• The official global death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has now passed 6,500, with the number of deaths and infections around the world now exceeding those in China, where it began. Infections have been reported in 156 countries.
• Boris Johnson is to chair the first of what are intended to be daily coronavirus press conferences later on Monday, following criticism of the government’s communications of its strategy for tackling the coronavirus outbreak in the UK.
• An NHS document leaked to the media suggested that the coronavirus emergency could last up to a year in the UK and put 8m people in hospital. This morning, Downing St said the 8m figure was a worst case scenario, rather than what the government expected.
• Passengers on the London Underground network are down by nearly a fifth compared to the same time last year, while numbers on buses were down by 10%.
• The Spanish government has requisitioned its private healthcare sector and given any company that has supplies of protective gear 48 hours to report to health authorities, or face fines.
• Emmanuel Macron, the French president, is to address an anxious France tonight about his government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. It comes as the country was gripped by rumours of an impending announcement of martial law.
• The government of Singapore sharply criticised responses to the outbreak by the UK, Switzerland and Japan, saying that “these countries have abandoned any attempt at containing the spread of the virus,” as he announced new travel restrictions.
• The US Centers for Disease Control advised that events of 50 people or more be cancelled or postponed throughout the United States.
• The US Federal Reserve announced it would cut its benchmark interest rate to near zero and said it would buy US$700bn in Treasury and mortgage-backed securities as it attempts to head off a severe slowdown.
• New York City will close the largest public school system in the US on Monday, and its bars, restaurants and entertainment venues from Tuesday.
• The states of California, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington closed their bars, restaurants and entertainment venues, too. Food takeout and delivery are still allowed.
• Most of the first hour of the US Democratic debate focused on the coronavirus crisis, as Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders criticised the Trump administration’s response and emphasised the need to confront the crisis and adhere to medical experts’ guidance.
• A US sailor aboard a warship ship tested positive for the coronavirus for the first time, the US Navy said on Sunday, as it disclosed the case of a sailor assigned to an amphibious assault ship.
• Argentina went into a full official lockdown Sunday evening as President Alberto Fernández announced the closing of the country’s borders to all arrivals, including the closure of its land borders, and the suspension of all classes until March 31.
• The US embassy and the British Foreign Office are advising their non-resident citizens to leave Argentina quickly while flights are still open.
• The death toll in Italy increased by 25% to 1,809 from 1,441 on Sunday – a rise of 368. The total number of confirmed cases in Italy rose to 24,747 from 21,157 on Saturday.
• Louis Vuitton owner LVMH has said its cosmetics unit would manufacture large quantities of hand disinfectant gel to help stave off a nationwide shortage across France as the coronavirus continues to spread.
• South Africa declared a national disaster and introduced a series of drastic measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
• Luxembourg on Sunday followed its neighbours France and Belgium in closing bars and restaurants to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus epidemic.