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Latest ONS deaths data (to week ending 13 November) has been released.1,904 more deaths were recorded in-week compared to the 5-year average.There had already been more deaths recorded in 2020

The latest @ICNARC intensive care weekly report has been published. A short thread to summarise, including a link to the full report. The report covers critical care admissions to 15

Latest ONS deaths data (to week ending 2 October) has been released.390 more deaths were recorded in-week compared to the 5-year average.Year to date there have been 13% more deaths

Expert reaction to the “Barrington Declaration”, a recent open letter arguing against lockdown policies and for ‘Focused Protection’.https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-barrington-declaration-an-open-letter-arguing

They’re back! The intensive care national audit & research centre (@ICNARC to its friends) has resumed weekly reporting in response to rapidly rising ICU admissions.A short thread follows in which

I suspected that today’s ONS life expectancy release would not be met with the usual fanfare, but I guess I hadn’t anticipated complete media radio silence.Still, it’s not the most

Latest ONS deaths data (to w/e 19 June) has been released.65 fewer deaths than normal were recorded in-week!Year to date there have been 20% more deaths than 5-year avg. There

Latest @ICNARC report on intensive care admissions and outcomes was released last night.Report includes 9,949 patients, with outcomes for 9,217 of them.Most of the breakdowns of admissions and outcomes are

Latest @ICNARC report on intensive care admissions and outcomes was released last night. Here’s a quick summary on behalf of @ICS_updates and @COVID19actuary.Report includes 327 new patients (9,026 total); 587

The latest @ICNARC report is out. Let’s see if I can do a summary which is both jargon-free and typo-free this week (feedback welcome).I won’t focus on dispelling the “at

Latest ONS weekly deaths data (to w/e 3 April) have just been released and the impact of COVID-19 is now very apparent, with death numbers significantly higher than normal in

It’s been a week since THAT thread using Critical Care data (from ICNARC) to challenge the narrative that those getting very seriously ill or dying from COVID-19 were already “at