The UK Department of Health says 34,796 people have died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Sunday, up by 160 from 34,636 the day before.
In the 24-hour period up to 9am on Monday, 100,678 tests were carried out or dispatched, with a total of 67,409 people tested and 2,684 positive results. Overall a total of 2,682,716 tests have been carried out, and 246,406 cases have been confirmed positive.There has typically been a reporting lag over the weekend and today’s figures – which represent the lowest daily death toll since 24 March – might not be a true indicator of future numbers.
And most experts accept the total death toll attributable to the virus is much higher than that officially recorded by the Department of Health, with ONS figures indicating thousands of excess deaths over the past two months.As for testing, 100,678 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours, marginally above the government’s 100,000 end of April target.
These so called experts should spend their time sorting out our corvid problems not spending all their working hours learning off pat excuses, invented by this useless government of bare faced liars to cover up their inadequacies, before they face the press.
bbclaurak There are or is an fully independent alternate scientific/ medical panel in the UK set up a few weeks ago that has been critical of some of the medical advice given to date_ as those giving the medical advice are government employees _ . . .
New acronym YALTA, Yet Another Lying Tory, Again ....
bbc5live why is no one asking why people coming from France are 'immune'. strange step for Brexit-lovers
What do you expect from the tories? The truth! They had ample time to impose border lock down no one in no one out but as long as there was plains in the sky they'd get there cash and be realistic that's all they care about not you or the welfare of the most vulnerable just CASH
Such a pile of crock. We live on an island and could and should have used this to protect the population from infection. And we remained open and the virus was imported. It didn’t free swim the channel.
The people who appear at the daily covid-19 briefing ,appear more determined to present a united front, together with the government, than to give us the true facts, or, put more bluntly, they are all simply government toadies.
Translation: 'MON-EEE, fool.'
bbclaurak That February 30th announcement was a real classic
allwillbewell54 Absolute Bollocks
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bbc5live Why are the BBC paying people £500,000 for reading the news? You can see why people are angry.
Such a shame I was quite impressed with JCT until he said that there were checks announced on 30 February.....
Somebody tell him, there is only one world, it’s not changed, it’s still spinning, still doing what it’s supposed to do....
What world do we live in now, and when and how did I get there, I have not been out of the house did a hurricane come and take my house to another world and if so my commute to work is going to be a bitch
30th Feb though!! And people are trusting these morons!!
BBC news ahead of this now seems to find an 'expert' who will criticise most things the Govt do .... then signpost and ask every question so the 'expert' just validates their statement ... it is so obvious and embarrasing today. Watch again if you don't believe me
bbclaurak Well, he certainly is
Why didn't the Labour government lock down earlier ?
bbclaurak this idiot is not on our time line
Sci-fi 'The 30th of February' Coming soon on Netfl*x.
The worst consequence of these daily briefings is seeing Health and Science experts turn into lying politicians- they will look back and shudder !
Just liars.
Is he using Priti Patel's calendar?
30th February?!
bbc5live Did my man just say 30th February?
Do they take us for idiots? There was no quarantine
Now that the 30th of February does exist, government confirmed that, then that's the day everyone submitted their tax returns!
Liars. Seriously how can people in responsible roles lie in broad daylight ? Are we being taken for a joke ?
That statement is a massive leap(year) of faith.
bbclaurak They did sod all. I have no faith in eny of them they were warned by other governments and chose to ignor it. as we know best and so many died that still should be alive shame on them it's about time the media exposed them and not leave it to one man to speak for the people.
He is taking the credit for 'Advising not enforcing' people coming from ONLYY China to self quaranteened in the 30th of Feb 'which doesn't exisist in the calendar' at a time when Italy and Spain became 3rd and 4rth hotest spots of COVID19 in the world. What a great job 🤔
More bollocks
bbclaurak Double speak
bbclaurak No, it introduced a self isolating regime & only from hotspots. Then, they stopped. They have NEVER introduced a quarantine for EVERYONE entering the UK & certainly not checks at ports & airports. This is a plethora of lies & misrepresentations to hide truth.
All these “advisors” and “”experts” have been funded by Dr Bill or have been Big Pharma board members, or both. Never mind just a coincidence.
I'm sorry? the 30th of February?
I remember that! The thirtieth of February, two thousand and twoty noughty thousand point something or otherty onety.
I smell BULL 💩
30th Feb indeed 🙈
Why can't UK do what small Austria can do: Airport almost shut but for a few flights since mid March, entry with neg. test (available at airport lab) or 14 days mandatory quarantine. This is for EU citizens. Third country citizens cannot enter at all). Same at land borders.
‘A very different world’ really? OK.... There’s more dead but our death rate is falling. Now we are planning on quarantine? Everything is in the wrong order...Bolted horse has!
Aside from the impressive nature of quarantining people on the 30th Feb, does the government not believe like many other nations did that a wider quarantine was in order and not just from the 5 worst hit regions during a global pandemic
30th Feb..... errrr.... how
30th of February? ”We’re now in a very different world” Clearly some live on a different planet.
Why didn’t the world shut down China after the first case. It’s all well and good in hindsight. Stop wasting the scientists time with stupid questions
Advice on self isolation at home was a joke bro
Today I turned BBC news OFF and I felt released. It went on and on and on and on and on , yes more expert's, more health advisors, more doom, more gloom and the patronising smiles of the over paid Fiona Bruce. It's fake tripe !!!!
Nobody is coming in then very shortly unless quarantined for 14 days it looks
bbclaurak He also said we did it on 30th February. Which isn't a real date. So I'm not sure he convinced me.
Actually he mentioned 30th February 😂😂