Inconsistencies in official numbers

Is UK government data accurate? Or is there under-reporting?

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time

https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/worryingly-close-to-100-000-new-cases-a-day

Poor lateral flow test reporting

Less than 50% have government ‘classical symptoms’

Therefore, government under testing

Loss of smell and taste, 6

Fever, 8

ONS
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights

Overall, coronavirus (COVID-19) infections continued to increase in England in the most recent week

Percentage testing positive still highest in those in school years 7 to 11

Overall prevalence increases up to W/E 23rd October

2.02% in England (1 in 50 people)
Week before, 1.79% (1 in 55 people)

2.56% in Wales (1 in 40 people)
Week before, 2.31% (1 in 45 people)

1.31% in Northern Ireland (1 in 75 people)
Week before, 0.76% (1 in 130 people)

1.36% in Scotland (1 in 75 people)
Week before, 1.14% (1 in 90 people)

Coronavirus antibodies remain high among UK adults (W/E 3rd October)

Antibodies and Immunity – how do they relate to one another?

92.2% in England

90.0% in Wales

90.8% in Northern Ireland

91.3% in Scotland

Positivity has increased in younger adults

Showing signs of a slow decline in older adults

Antibody finger prick tests

A negative antibody test does not mean that a person is not protected

Building up to 150,000 UK antibody tests per month

Every month for the next year

Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths
Between 13 March 2020 and 1 October 2021,

119,869 excess deaths above the five-year average

Government figures

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths

140,392

163,515

Current UK deaths (ONS)

12,845 per week

14.8% above average

Source