The pandemic's wreaking chaos around South America; official reports are mostly unreliable.
Still not over
UK Covid-19 testing, infections and deaths. The carnage is slowing down.
Cautiously optimistic review of UK infections & deaths from Covid-19. We might be on the way to winning, if we stay careful.
UK ONS: We’ve avoided a repeat of last Spring
This is great news! April & May 2020 were awful in the UK but we could so easily have repeated or even exceeded that loss of life this winter.
Coronavirus in North America
At first glance, there seem to be two different pandemics in the North American continent: one killing thousands of people, and another leaving most unharmed.
Lockdown’s working! Covid-19 prevalence hugely reduced.
41% drop in UK Covid positivity means deaths will fall to about 19,000 in the coming four weeks.
We have confirmation that our excess mortalities are dying “of” Covid-19.
We can now see what people are dying "of" or "with" in the UK. Results might not be what you expected.
Post-Christmas Covid in all selected countries & world
Coronavirus mortality update on 18 selected countries and the world. Includes the UK, Ireland, USA & Canada.
UK: Positive tests are down, deaths are stable, cfr is slightly up
After a massive coronavirus mortality spike in January, the UK faces a tough February - but cases are going down.
These numbers are people
How many do you know? In the UK, chances are that someone around you has already died from Covid-19. See how we compare with other countries.
Worldwide Covid stats
Pandemic winners & losers around the world. Europe could have learned from Asia, but has now stormed the 'losers' board.
Covid UK: 100,000 dead by the time you read this
Expect another 33,000 deaths in the next 4 weeks.
Covid-19 in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany
Comparing the UK's Covid performance with Germany, France, Italy & Spain.
New Covid variants: Africa suffers
Worrying new Covid variants have emerged in Africa.
80,568 extra deaths since 2019
114 people have died for every 100 who would normally: all the extra deaths involved coronavirus.
Covid-19 tests & cases in the last 28 days, UK
2.3% of people with positive tests have died within 28 days.
How many Covid deaths in your area?
Input your postcode to see the number of people killed by the coronavirus where you live.
Corona Charts 