Covid: why has the fall in UK infection rate stalled despite vaccinations?
by Robin McKie from Science | The Guardian on (#5FKQ7)
Hospital admissions and deaths are declining as priority groups vaccinated but number of new diagnoses has stabilised
The UK's Covid-19 statistics remain encouraging despite continuing rows over vaccine deliveries in Europe. Admissions to hospital and daily deaths from the disease continue to decline with numbers in the latter category now down to double digits while the former have dropped to around a 10th of their total two months ago.
However, one other category - numbers of new diagnoses a day - has reached a plateau with cases, having plunged from 60,000, stabilising at around 5,000 to 6,000. So why has this figure apparently stalled while deaths and hospitalisations continue to decline?
Continue reading...