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SALFORD HAS 284 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS SECOND LOCKDOWN LOOMS
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Star date: 31st October 2020 SECOND NATIONAL LOCKDOWN ON THE CARDS... Salford has 284 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 8,611. As the number of daily cases continue to rise to record levels in the city, the seven day rate of cases per 100,000 people, which lags a few days behind the daily figure, continues to decline and is now 612.4, down from 617. There have been two new virus-related deaths announced at Salford Royal Hospital. With The Times today reporting a second national lockdown to be announced on Monday (bar essential shops and education settings), Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, said yesterday "We can't have a national lockdown when it's London and the South that has the highest number of cases, but a regional lockdown when it's the North." Full details here...
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Salford has 284 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 8,611, up from 8,327. While the daily number is the one of the highest of the pandemic, over the last seven days of data (which lags a few days behind) there have been 1,585 cases, which is down from 1,598 cases, with a case rate per 100,000 population of 612.4 which is also down from 617.4. Statistics shown at the Greater Manchester Leaders' press conference yesterday also showed a decline in the seven day rate in Salford for the week ending 25th October, from 624 per 100,000 population, to 610.8. Figures also showed that 3,171 people had been tested in Salford under Pillar 2 during the week ending 24th October, with a positivity rate of 18.7% (see graphic) Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, cases in Manchester during the latest seven day data period were 2,790 (equal to previous day), with a rate of 504.7 (same). Other boroughs stats are Bolton 1,630 (up from 1,581), with a rate of 566.9 (up from 549.8), Oldham 1,646 (up from 1,599), with a rate of 694.2 (up from 674.4), Wigan 2,248 (up from 2,167), with a rate of 684 (up from 659.3), Tameside 1,197 (up from 1,154), with a rate of 528.5 (up from 509.5), Rochdale 1,340 (down from 1,347), with a rate of 602.5 (down from 605.6), Stockport 1,203 (up from 1,161), with a rate of 410 (up from 395.7), Bury 1,036 (down from 1,048), with a rate of 542.4 (down from 548.7), and Trafford 1,051 (up from 1,039), with a rate of 442.8 (up from 437.7). At the Greater Manchester Leaders' press conference yesterday, it was pointed out that the virus is growing in regions in the South faster than here. While the seven day rate in Greater Manchester had increased by 43% over the last two weeks, other regions' rates had increased exponentially - the South East 63%, South West 69%, London 55%, plus the West Midlands at 77% (see graphic). With The Times (which appears to be the Government's main communication dept) today reporting that the Prime Minister will announce a second national lockdown on Monday (bar essential shops and education settings), yesterday Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, pointed out the hypocrisy... "We need to work with the Government coming through this challenging period" he said "We can't have double standards. We can't have a national lockdown when it's London and the South that has the highest number of cases, but a regional lockdown when it's the North." A few weeks ago, however, Burnham himself was calling for a national rather than regional lockdown – see here. The stances, attitudes and statistics themselves are all totally confused at the moment. Meanwhile, there have been two new virus-related deaths announced by Salford Royal Hospital. Over the whole of the North West, 314 COVID patients were admitted to hospitals on 27th October, and there are now 2,575 COVID patients in hospitals, 213 of whom are on ventilators.
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ROSSI wrote
at 12:40:51 on 01 November 2020 |
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| Right, so we're having another lockdown, and yes, it will be bad for the economy, and people with heart conditions, cancer and liver problems ... also the mentally ill and people needing to see a dentist - not forgetting all of the urban pigeons out there who will be plunged into a deadly famine ... and for what, because Blonde Boris wants to protect the NHS and save lives ... almost exclusively the lives of people who have already passed the nation's average life expectancy ... Is all of this to be believed? People, open your eyes. Look at the evidence and think critically. Listen to me. Several months ago, I would venture out, and wherever I went I would see people coughing, sometimes violently. It was horrible, and I knew that there was a virus out there, and because it was Summer, a season not known for the flu, it had to be the dreaded Covid 19. And now, we're almost in Winter, and one of the observations that I've made, is thay in the last thirty or so days, I haven't seen many people coughing, and I'm out every day, spending my dole in Heron, Quality Save, Aldi, Tesco and Morrisons, buying reduced price food and bags of wotsits, popping in charity shops and looking for size forty jeans and Stylistics cd's. I couldn't find one of theirs yesterday, but I got a McAlmont and Butler one and a Geronimo biography from the Heart Foundation. The point that I'm making People, is that Salford is a Covid Hotspot, and yet fewer people are coughing, almost everybody is wearing a mask ... and yet Covid is going up ... and now we have yet another 28 day lockdown, which won't do any good, as schools and universities are staying open, and people will be flying in from America and Asia and Europe, so it's just pointless. And then there will be more lockdowns. In all probability there will be the January and February lockdown. Where does this end? I cycled up to Radcliffe and back yesterday evening. I stopped off at an Aldi along the way. Some old guy in his sixties passed me and went into the shop wearing what looked like a WW2 gas-mask. I looked at him and thought to myself, 'Is this what things have come to?' |
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at 18:06:27 on 31 October 2020 |
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| Patricia and Alan, if you are worried about covid stay home. Pensioners don’t care if the young are paying for this forever! |
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Patricia L wrote
at 14:49:27 on 31 October 2020 |
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| I agree with you wholeheartedly Alan, I am actually sick and tired of Andy Burnhams comments. This is an unprecedented pandemic and his constant carping about how it should be done is not helpful. |
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Alan Cogswell wrote
at 10:35:11 on 31 October 2020 |
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| So concerned that you continually play the situation down. The figures may have dipped, minutely, from the day previous but it does not mean the virus in salford. If there is a national lockdown then so be it. But don't blame the government as it is a significant minority of the population to blame for not sticking to the basic rules. |
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