https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

UK Admitted (0.1%) : 1,046,129 (+761)
UK Deaths (0.1%) : 225,476 (+144), 20 per day

US Infected (0.0%) : 107,375,693 (+23,533)
US Deaths (0.0%) : 1,168,621 (+136), 19 per day

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 97,694

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 76,535

Yay! The UK. More covid deaths than in America, a country with a population some six times ours.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-07-22

Midlands (0.0%) : 3,604,922
South East (0.0%) : 3,163,753
London (0.0%) : 2,936,311
North East (0.0%) : 2,805,706
North West (0.0%) : 2,609,246
East England (0.0%) : 2,124,886
South West (0.0%) : 1,858,319

UK Infected (0.0%) : 22,629,936 (+3,052)
UK Admitted (0.1%) : 1,047,056 (+927)
UK Deaths (0.1%) : 225,589 (+113), 16 per day

US Infected (0.1%) : 107,435,531 (+59,838)
US Deaths (0.0%) : 1,169,144 (+523), 74 per day

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 97,807

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 76,648

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-07-29

Midlands (0.0%) : 3,605,313
South East (0.0%) : 3,164,082
London (0.0%) : 2,936,540
North East (0.0%) : 2,805,971
North West (0.0%) : 2,609,526
East England (0.0%) : 2,125,041
South West (0.0%) : 1,858,605

UK Infected (0.0%) : 22,631,871 (+1,935)
UK Admitted (-33.6%) : 695,294 (-351,762)
UK Deaths (0.0%) : 225,671 (+82), 11 per day

US Infected (0.1%) : 107,508,405 (+72,874)
US Deaths (0.1%) : 1,169,785 (+641), 91 per day

Yay! The UK. A massive drop in the number of people admitted to hospital with covid but only because the government has decided to ignore over 350,000 admissions.

Apparently a third of people admitted to hospital because of covid never were.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 97,889

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 76,730

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-08-06

Midlands (0.0%) : 3,605,903
South East (0.0%) : 3,164,535
London (0.0%) : 2,936,831
North East (0.0%) : 2,806,364
North West (0.0%) : 2,609,918
East England (0.0%) : 2,125,319
South West (0.0%) : 1,858,990

UK Infected (0.0%) : 22,634,653 (+2,782)
UK Admitted (50.9%) : 1,049,517 (+354,223)
UK Deaths (0.0%) : 225,754 (+83), 11 per day

US Infected (0.0%) : 107,547,477 (+39,072)
US Deaths (0.0%) : 1,170,019 (+234), 33 per day

Yay! The UK! A third of a million people admitted to hospital this last week. That's definitely a Post-Brexit World Record!

It is of course the government correcting its last fiddled figures. Pro rata we apparently have a third of the weekly infections the US has but twice the number of deaths.

Go figure. One thing is for sure; we can't trust any numbers this lying government provides.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 97,972

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 76,813

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-08-12

Midlands (0.0%) : 3,606,575
South East (0.0%) : 3,165,123
London (0.0%) : 2,937,168
North East (0.0%) : 2,806,833
North West (0.0%) : 2,610,369
East England (0.0%) : 2,125,628
South West (0.0%) : 1,859,409

UK Infected (0.0%) : 22,637,898 (+3,245)
UK Admitted (0.2%) : 1,051,317 (+1,800)
UK Deaths (0.0%) : 225,825 (+71), 10 per day

US Infected (0.2%) : 107,715,650 (+168,173)
US Deaths (0.2%) : 1,171,803 (+1,784), 254 per day

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 98,043

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 76,884

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-08-19

Midlands (0.0%) : 3,607,309
South East (0.0%) : 3,165,761
London (0.0%) : 2,937,643
North East (0.0%) : 2,807,406
North West (0.0%) : 2,610,847
East England (0.0%) : 2,126,013
South West (0.0%) : 1,859,911

UK Infected (0.0%) : 22,641,683 (+3,785)
UK Admitted (0.2%) : 1,053,496 (+2,179)
UK Deaths (0.0%) : 225,905 (+80), 11 per day

US Infected (0.1%) : 107,801,013 (+85,363)
US Deaths (0.1%) : 1,172,445 (+642), 91 per day

Yay! The UK. Hospital admissions are rising again and the experts say we're on the rising cusp of yet another wave. And that's a bit of worry considering the highly-mutated, highly contagious, new kids on the block hasn't taken hold yet.

Cases and admissions are also surging in the US and elsewhere.

Some are starting to worry that most people last had a vaccine shot one or two years ago and immunity these days is the square root of bugger all. Some want to know what they should do now the government has stopped testing and most monitoring.

The answer's simple; same as it ever was - Get better or die trying. The government doesn't give a fuck either way.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 98,123

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 76,964

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-08-26

Midlands (0.0%) : 3,608,182
South East (0.0%) : 3,166,557
London (0.0%) : 2,938,165
North East (0.0%) : 2,808,117
North West (0.0%) : 2,611,395
East England (0.0%) : 2,126,416
South West (0.0%) : 1,860,441

UK Infected (0.0%) : 22,646,066 (+4,383)
UK Admitted (0.2%) : 1,055,731 (+2,235)
UK Deaths (0.1%) : 226,038 (+133), 19 per day

US Infected (0.1%) : 107,947,073 (+146,060)
US Deaths (0.1%) : 1,173,141 (+696), 99 per day

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 98,256

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 77,097

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-09-02

Midlands (0.0%) : 3,608,840
South East (0.0%) : 3,167,095
London (0.0%) : 2,938,612
North East (0.0%) : 2,808,661
North West (0.0%) : 2,611,820
East England (0.0%) : 2,126,755
South West (0.0%) : 1,860,865

UK Infected (0.0%) : 22,649,441 (+3,375)
UK Admitted (0.2%) : 1,057,992 (+2,261)
UK Deaths (0.1%) : 226,190 (+152), 21 per day

US Infected (0.1%) : 108,087,321 (+140,248)
US Deaths (0.0%) : 1,173,655 (+514), 73 per day

Yay! The UK. Deaths are on the increase again. I guess that might be something to do with the new highly infectious variants we are not supposed to worry about.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 98,408

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 77,249

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-09-09

Midlands (=) : 3,608,840
South East (=) : 3,167,095
London (=) : 2,938,612
North East (=) : 2,808,661
North West (=) : 2,611,820
East England (=) : 2,126,755
South West (=) : 1,860,865

UK Infected (=) : 22,649,441 (+0)
UK Admitted (0.2%) : 1,060,543 (+2,551)
UK Deaths (0.1%) : 226,431 (+241), 34 per day

US Infected (0.2%) : 108,288,061 (+200,740)
US Deaths (0.1%) : 1,174,570 (+915), 130 per day

Yay! The UK. Another week where we have had more covid deaths than infections. In fact we had no infections at all in the last week.

That's buggered my Case Fatality Rate calculations because I never expected to have to deal with an infinitely large CFR.

Seems odd that infections have surged almost 50% in America in a week and we have had none. I guess it's one of the benefits of brexit coupled with the competence of the government we have.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 98,649

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 77,490

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-09-16

Midlands (0.1%) : 3,611,404
South East (0.1%) : 3,169,426
London (0.1%) : 2,940,236
North East (0.1%) : 2,810,748
North West (0.1%) : 2,613,556
East England (0.1%) : 2,128,135
South West (0.1%) : 1,862,450

UK Infected (0.1%) : 22,662,748 (+13,307)
UK Admitted (0.3%) : 1,063,846 (+3,303)
UK Deaths (0.1%) : 226,611 (+180), 25 per day

US Infected (0.1%) : 108,421,826 (+133,765)
US Deaths (0.1%) : 1,175,163 (+593), 84 per day

Yay! Infections, hospitalisations and deaths all rising in the UK and US.

That percentages are against 'total so far' means they will always be low, will always give a very distorted impression of how things are changing. As the new wave hits us I guess it's time to find a better means of representing how that wave is hitting us.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 98,829

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 77,670

On Sat, 16 Sep 2023 14:16:18 +0100
The Happy Hippy <the.happy.hippy.nntp@ntlworld.invalid> wrote:

> That percentages are against 'total so far' means they will always be
> low, will always give a very distorted impression of how things are
> changing. As the new wave hits us I guess it's time to find a better
> means of representing how that wave is hitting us.

Strap in and buckle up. This shows this week's change in terms of what change was the week before ...

Midlands (+290%) : 3,611,404
South East (+333%) : 3,169,426
London (+263%) : 2,940,236
North East (+284%) : 2,810,748
North West (+308%) : 2,613,556
East England (+307%) : 2,128,135
South West (+274%) : 1,862,450

UK Infected (-98%) : 22,662,748 (+13,307)
UK Admitted (+29%) : 1,063,846 (+3,303)
UK Deaths (-24%) : 226,611 (+180), 25 per day

And that's likely why TWP has covid again. About three times more people got infected last week than the week before that, and that seems to have been the pattern for a few weeks now.

Ignore that -98% reduction in headline "UK Infected"; that was the government fiddling the numbers a couple of weeks ago. Answers on a postcard as to why they might have chosen to do that just as the new wave strikes.

With some areas being hit harder than others it appears we could be looking at a change in the rankings pretty soon. Looks like the South East is currently being hit hardest and could claim number one status. The North East and North West look set to climb above London, who would drop to fifth place.

So, finally, some excitement in tracking covid - Come on the New Wave !

On Sat, 16 Sep 2023 15:39:29 +0100
The Happy Hippy <the.happy.hippy.nntp@ntlworld.invalid> wrote:

> And that's likely why TWP has covid again. About three times more
> people got infected last week than the week before that

Actually, worse than that. A +300% increase means the numbers are four times what they were, almost four an a half times in the South East.

I have previously wrestled with whether showing 'change from last' or 'proportion of last' is better. I lean against proportion because flat-lining, being same as last, shows as 100% whereas +0% more clearly shows no change, plus and minus reflect whether getting worse or better.

But, as here, it's easy to see an increase as less significant than it is; as three times worse rather than the four times worse we have.

I guess one simply has to remember it's worse than it looks. Which shouldn't be hard because it's been that way with government figures for the last two years.

Anyway, as Annie Lennox nearly put it; here comes the wave again. Hurrah for covid.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-09-23

Midlands (-67%) : 3,612,214
South East (-71%) : 3,170,090
London (-69%) : 2,940,717
North East (-73%) : 2,811,287
North West (-72%) : 2,614,026
East England (-65%) : 2,128,598
South West (-70%) : 1,862,916

UK Infected (-99%) : 22,666,641 (+3,893)
UK Admitted (-15%) : 1,066,607 (+2,761)
UK Deaths (+45%) : 226,872 (+261), 37 per day

US Infected (+21%) : 108,583,261 (+161,435)
US Deaths (+57%) : 1,176,092 (+929), 132 per day

It's hard to say what the true situation is as the official government figures are being fiddled again.

That deaths are almost 50% up on last week suggests what the real trend is, what they are trying to hide; that "living with covid means dying of covid".

Deaths are rising even faster in America. It appears impossible to deny we are riding a new wave.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 99,090

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 77,931

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-09-30

Midlands (+151%) : 3,614,248
South East (+139%) : 3,171,680
London (+111%) : 2,941,732
North East (+181%) : 2,812,802
North West (+148%) : 2,615,193
East England (+92%) : 2,129,485
South West (+146%) : 1,864,064

UK Infected (-98%) : 22,675,997 (+9,356)
UK Admitted (+10%) : 1,069,641 (+3,034)
UK Deaths (+11%) : 227,161 (+289), 41 per day

US Infected (-23%) : 108,706,444 (+123,183)
US Deaths (-26%) : 1,176,771 (+679), 97 per day

No, that "UK Infected" decline isn't believable. Because it's based on lies, is merely the consequences of previously fiddled figures working their way through the system.

But the doubling and more in infections since last week, the increases in admissions and deaths, can be believed. We are well on the way into our next wave

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 99,379

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 78,220

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-10-07

Midlands (+0%) : 3,616,271
South East (-1%) : 3,173,244
London (-17%) : 2,942,561
North East (-9%) : 2,814,168
North West (-6%) : 2,616,276
East England (-6%) : 2,130,312
South West (-1%) : 1,865,192

UK Infected (-98%) : 22,684,817 (+8,820)
UK Admitted (+26%) : 1,073,475 (+3,834)
UK Deaths (+7%) : 227,469 (+308), 44 per day

US Infected (-3%) : 108,824,843 (+118,399)
US Deaths (+103%) : 1,178,150 (+1,379), 197 per day

It's going to take another week to clear the "UK Infected" fiddling. And the regional infections can't be trusted given another, and very convenient, dashboard "issue" which seems to be their 'go to' for hiding "fiddled".

But we can better trust that admissions were up 26% on last week, and deaths were up 7%. We are still riding the new wave.

Not as badly as America is, whose deaths this week are over twice the number last week.

But always remember "it's just like Winter Flu"; avoidable deaths which no one cares about.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 99,687

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 78,528

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-10-14

Midlands (+0%) : 3,618,265
South East (-17%) : 3,174,531
London (-7%) : 2,943,321
North East (+1%) : 2,815,543
North West (+5%) : 2,617,415
East England (-4%) : 2,131,098
South West (-6%) : 1,866,237

UK Infected (-99%) : 22,693,203 (+8,386)
UK Admitted (-5448%) : 868,400 (-205,075)
UK Deaths (-10%) : 227,743 (+274), 39 per day

US Infected (-23%) : 108,914,855 (+90,012)
US Deaths (-57%) : 1,178,734 (+584), 83 per day

It is impossible to say what the true situation is in Britain. But that's the point of fiddling the figures.

The only thing we can say is that our death rate is three times what it is in America pro-rata.

Our Case-Fatality Rate (CFR) appears to be 3.3%, over five times higher than America's at 0.6%.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 99,961

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 78,802

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-10-21

Midlands (-34%) : 3,619,570
South East (-25%) : 3,175,478
London (-10%) : 2,943,999
North East (-31%) : 2,816,472
North West (-30%) : 2,618,197
East England (-15%) : 2,131,755
South West (-31%) : 1,866,950

UK Infected (-99%) : 22,699,214 (+6,011)
UK Admitted (-203%) : 1,081,736 (+213,336)
UK Deaths (+8%) : 228,040 (+297), 42 per day

US Infected (-3%) : 109,000,898 (+86,043)
US Deaths (+63%) : 1,179,685 (+951), 135 per day

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 100,258

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 79,099

Yay! Over 100,000 deaths since the right-wing media announced "Zero Deaths" and insisted it was safe to relax all lockdown and covid restrictions.

Who knows what they are doing to fiddle the figures but it's quite clear that deaths are still rising, though nowhere near as rapidly as they are in the US.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-10-28

Midlands (-22%) : 3,620,571
South East (-16%) : 3,176,268
London (-29%) : 2,944,475
North East (-19%) : 2,817,216
North West (-9%) : 2,618,901
East England (-16%) : 2,132,300
South West (-23%) : 1,867,490

UK Infected (-99%) : 22,704,014 (+4,800)
UK Admitted (-97%) : 1,085,135 (+3,399)
UK Deaths (+37%) : 228,448 (+408), 58 per day

US Infected (-32%) : 109,058,433 (+57,535)
US Deaths (-26%) : 1,180,378 (+693), 99 per day

I think the 37% increase in deaths since last week explains why the government are fiddling the infection and admission numbers again. That metric is outside of their control.

It's worrying that we have more than half the number of deaths America has, a nation with a six times larger population.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 100,666

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 79,507

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-11-04

Midlands (-16%) : 3,621,402
South East (-12%) : 3,176,954
London (-2%) : 2,944,938
North East (-17%) : 2,817,826
North West (-25%) : 2,619,420
East England (-21%) : 2,132,725
South West (-20%) : 1,867,919

UK Infected (-99%) : 22,707,977 (+3,963)
UK Admitted (-9%) : 1,088,196 (+3,061)
UK Deaths (-15%) : 228,792 (+344), 49 per day

US Infected (+157%) : 109,206,560 (+148,127)
US Deaths (+32%) : 1,181,293 (+915), 130 per day

Yay America! While we are fiddling the figures to pretend we are not in the grip of yet another wave, America really does seem to be getting hit bad.

America's Case Fatality Rate has doubled from 0.3% to 0.6%. Ours is a ridiculously high 8.7% but only because we are understating infection numbers.

There is no way that 77% of those infected were admitted to hospital.

I won't be long before people are admitted and dying from covid while the government pretends they have not even been infected.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 101,010

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 79,851

Ohttps://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-11-11

Midlands (-20%) : 3,622,061
South East (-17%) : 3,177,518
London (-5%) : 2,945,375
North East (-21%) : 2,818,304
North West (-10%) : 2,619,880
East England (-3%) : 2,133,132
South West (-23%) : 1,868,246

UK Infected (-15%) : 22,711,309 (+3,332)
UK Admitted (-16%) : 1,090,726 (+2,530)
UK Deaths (+6%) : 229,156 (+364), 52 per day

US Infected (-47%) : 109,283,787 (+77,227)
US Deaths (-36%) : 1,181,869 (+576), 82 per day

Yay the UK! Deaths still rising, no matter that the government continues to fiddle the figures and pretend we aren't in the grip of another covid wave.

Our Case Fatality Rate remains at a laughably unbelievable rate of 11%.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 101,374

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 80,215

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-11-18

Midlands (-50%) : 3,622,384
South East (-49%) : 3,177,799
London (-44%) : 2,945,614
North East (-55%) : 2,818,516
North West (-49%) : 2,620,108
East England (-55%) : 2,133,310
South West (-49%) : 1,868,408

UK Infected (-50%) : 22,712,932 (+1,623)
UK Admitted (-8%) : 1,093,016 (+2,290)
UK Deaths (+2%) : 229,529 (+373), 53 per day

US Infected (-5%) : 109,356,131 (+72,344)
US Deaths (-29%) : 1,182,274 (+405), 57 per day

Yay! The UK! With more people admitted to hospital with covid than having supposedly been infected with covid it is quite obvious the numbers are being fiddled again.

Still, it at least means we have an impressive Case Fatality Rate of over 23%.

The worrying thing is that we are experiencing nearly as many deaths as America does with six times our population.

It will be interesting to see how long the government can keep pretending we aren't in the grip of another wave.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 101,747

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 80,588

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-11-25

Midlands (+77%) : 3,622,956
South East (+99%) : 3,178,358
London (+105%) : 2,946,104
North East (+82%) : 2,818,901
North West (+64%) : 2,620,481
East England (+110%) : 2,133,683
South West (+48%) : 1,868,647

UK Infected (+84%) : 22,715,923 (+2,991)
UK Admitted (-11%) : 1,095,029 (+2,013)
UK Deaths (+0%) : 229,899 (+370), 52 per day

US Infected (+107%) : 109,505,937 (+149,806)
US Deaths (+176%) : 1,183,390 (+1,116), 159 per day

Given the fiddling done last week it's hard to tell what the true picture is but, when that's countered for, it seems London is being hit particularly hard. No doubt as a consequence of Remembrance Day and a rise in protest activity.

And we still have the nonsense that almost everyone infected is being hospitalised. Reality is infections are far higher than is being admitted to.

At least our death rate, where the numbers cannot be so easily fiddled, seems to have almost flat-lined, though expected to increase given the rise in infections.

The same can't be said of America where deaths are soaring again.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 102,117

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 80,958

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-12-02

Midlands (-10%) : 3,623,464
South East (-30%) : 3,178,744
London (-17%) : 2,946,504
North East (-35%) : 2,819,147
North West (-30%) : 2,620,739
East England (-12%) : 2,134,006
South West (-10%) : 1,868,860

UK Infected (-21%) : 22,718,257 (+2,334)
UK Admitted (-6%) : 1,096,905 (+1,876)
UK Deaths (-20%) : 230,193 (+294), 42 per day

US Infected (-40%) : 109,594,455 (+88,518)
US Deaths (-65%) : 1,183,772 (+382), 54 per day

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 102,411

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 81,252

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-12-09

Midlands (+14%) : 3,624,041
South East (+40%) : 3,179,285
London (+35%) : 2,947,045
North East (+24%) : 2,819,453
North West (+18%) : 2,621,044
East England (-12%) : 2,134,288
South West (+24%) : 1,869,125

UK Infected (+21%) : 22,721,074 (+2,817)
UK Admitted (+10%) : 1,098,966 (+2,061)
UK Deaths (-25%) : 230,410 (+217), 31 per day

US Infected (+43%) : 109,720,896 (+126,441)
US Deaths (+109%) : 1,184,570 (+798), 114 per day

America and the UK are in the grip of another winter wave of covid. Though our deaths fell last week, we are still seeing a quarter of deaths in America with its population six times the size of ours.

London and the South East have been particularly badly hit with new cases. The recent surge in London is spreading throughout the country. There seems to at least be one advantage to the East of England's lack of rail connectivity but I am sure they will catch up soon.

And let's remember that UK cases are massively under reported.

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 102,628

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 81,469

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Claimed infections up to 2023-12-16

Midlands (+28%) : 3,624,778
South East (+51%) : 3,180,101
London (+26%) : 2,947,727
North East (+31%) : 2,819,855
North West (+33%) : 2,621,449
East England (+102%) : 2,134,859
South West (+57%) : 1,869,540

UK Infected (+43%) : 22,725,102 (+4,028)
UK Admitted (+27%) : 1,101,585 (+2,619)
UK Deaths (+0%) : 230,626 (+216), 30 per day

US Infected (+17%) : 109,868,454 (+147,558)
US Deaths (+501%) : 1,189,362 (+4,792), 684 per day

Number killed since "Zero Deaths" Day : 102,844

Number killed since "Omicron Peak" : 81,685

With covid infections soaring again this may be the last detailed set of figures given the government has decided to terminate the Covid Dashboard.

That timing is quite ironic given millions of people have suddenly become aware Covid hasn't gone away, that they had merely been fooled into thinking it had.

As America's six-fold increase in weekly deaths reveals.

Still it's one and a half 9-11's worth of deaths per week, 83 9-11's a year. That's quite some way from a 9-11 every day but the numbers are heading that way.