"Statistics reports on COVID-19 testing and mortality"
"COVID Test UK"
[ "Statisticsreports on COVID-19 testing and mortalityNo country surely knowsthe total number of people infected with Coronavirus. We barely know the numberof tested people. Those who have a laboratory-confirmed infection are countedas Covid-19 confirmed cases. It means the counts of confirmed cases depend onhow much the tests are done in a country. If there is no testing then no exactdata. Testing is the only window to detect the spread of thepandemic. Without data on the infected people we cannot understand thepandemic. Without proper data, we cannot know which countries are doing well andwhich are just announcing affected cases and deaths. To construe any data onconfirmed Covid-19 cases, we should know how much testing for the viralinfection has been done by the country. Currently, 219,000 confirmed Covid-19cases and over 31,800 people deaths are reported in the United Kingdom. The actualnumber of cases is higher than the tested cases because the Covid-19 testingwas limited to hospital patients, NHS and care home staff until recently. Whatis counted as a complete test?The number of tests will not bethe same for every country. Some countries report that the number of peopletested, while others report the number of tests, whereas other countries reporttheir testing data leaves it unclear so unable to count the exact figures. While accounting in the UnitedKingdom, over 1,072,144 people have now been tested for Coronavirus. TheGovernment targeted to conduct minimum 100,000 Coronavirus tests a day and itmet the same. An official report was stated that 122,347 Covid-19 test UKwere done on the 30th of April20.Covid-19testing in the UK     Total  Tests 1,821,280      Total  people tested 1,334,77        Daily  Tests 92,837      Daily  people tested 64,362   Individuals can betested more than once.Increased testing for coronaforms a part of the UK governments strategy Test, Track and Trace. An app isbeing piloted on the Isle of Wight where it alerts people that they may havebeen exposed to a Covid-19 case.Whoare being most affected and where?People from the underprivilegedareas of Wales, England are more likely dying with Covid-19 than those wholive in more affluent places, Office for National Statistics suggest. ONS analyzedthat there were 55 casualties for every 100,000 people in the poorest parts ofEngland, compared with 25 in the wealthiest areas.Elderly people were the mostrecorded Coronavirus deaths. Figures released by NHS, England show over half ofthe deaths were observed among people over 80 years. It has been suggested bythe Regional data that deaths are declining rapidly in London whereas otherparts of Wales, England are also started seeing a decline. The highest deathtolls were observed in the Midlands and London. The smallest numbers of deathswere noted in Northern Ireland and South West England. The ONS analysis indicates thatthe disparity persists while considering age. People from Pakistan, India andBangladesh also had a notable higher risk of dieing. ;" ]