UK records 12.5% FEWER coronavirus cases than last Tuesday

AT A GLANCE: HOW VALLANCE AND WHITTY DEFENDED THE LOCKDOWN SATURDAY’S GLOOMY SLIDES The pair admitted what one MP called the ‘avalanche of data’ they presented in Saturday’s briefing may have been too much to handle for the public.  Sir Patrick said: ‘I would always like to get things simpler than they were and clearer … Read more

UK records 12.5% FEWER coronavirus cases than last Tuesday

AT A GLANCE: HOW VALLANCE AND WHITTY DEFENDED THE LOCKDOWN SATURDAY’S GLOOMY SLIDES The pair admitted what one MP called the ‘avalanche of data’ they presented in Saturday’s briefing may have been too much to handle for the public.  Sir Patrick said: ‘I would always like to get things simpler than they were and clearer … Read more

Almost 100 million people have already voted as the election is set to smash records

Nearly 100 million Americans have cast their early vote for Tuesday’s presidential election.  An astonishing 97.6 million ballots have already been submitted through in-person early voting and by mail, which is over two-thirds of the 2016 election’s total number of votes cast. The total turnout for the election on Tuesday is set to smash the record … Read more

Britain records FEWEST daily Covid-19 cases in a fortnight

Britain today recorded the fewest daily Covid-19 cases in a fortnight, offering more proof that the crisis is slowing down and isn’t spiralling out of control ahead of England’s national lockdown on Thursday. Department of Health figures show another 18,950 people tested positive for the disease — down 9.3 per cent in a week and … Read more

Nearly 50,000 Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19 and the US records 81,000 new cases

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic has left nearly 50,000 Americans hospitalized with experts fearing several hospitals will soon be put under severe strain.  According to The COVID Tracking Project, hospitalizations rose in 47 states over the last month with a total of 47,502 people hospitalized as of Sunday – the highest level seen … Read more

Britain records FEWEST daily Covid-19 cases in a fortnight

Britain today recorded the fewest daily Covid-19 cases in a fortnight offering more proof that the crisis is slowing down and isn’t spiralling out of control. Department of Health figures show another 18,950 people tested positive for the disease — down 9.3 per cent in a week and the lowest since Monday, October 19 (18,804). … Read more

UK records 23,065 cases as daily infections rise by just 8% in a week

Confusion over the true scale of Britain’s second wave of Covid-19 was sparked today after official data showed the UK’s daily cases are not spiralling out of control — despite warnings from a Government-funded surveillance study that infections may be doubling every nine days.  Department of Health bosses recorded 23,065 new coronavirus cases, which is … Read more

UK records 23,065 cases as daily infections rise by just 8% in a week

Confusion over the true scale of Britain’s second wave of Covid-19 was sparked today after official data showed the UK’s daily cases are not spiralling out of control — despite warnings from a Government-funded surveillance study that infections may be doubling every nine days.  Department of Health bosses recorded 23,065 new coronavirus cases, which is … Read more

Heathrow Airport records £1.5BILLION loss for the first nine months of 2020 due to coronavirus

Heathrow Airport records £1.5BILLION loss for the first nine months of 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic as boss warns ‘Britain is falling behind’ Passenger numbers between July and September were down by more than 84% Heathrow Airport it caused loss of £1.5 billion in the first nine months of the year Chief executive John Holland-Kaye … Read more

Britain records 367 more Covid-19 deaths in darkest day since end of May

Britain today recorded 367 more Covid-19 deaths in the darkest day of the pandemic since the end of May, amid hopes the outbreak could finally be tailing off. Government statistics suggests the second wave — which was driven by children returning to school and students going back to university — is continuing to slow down … Read more