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'I'm very worried': Fears grow of winter COVID surge after deaths and cases accelerate
James Morris·Senior news reporter, Yahoo News UK
Thu., August 19, 2021, 6:25 a.m.·2 min read
A top coronavirus adviser has said he is “very worried” with infections once again on the increase.
Prof Peter Openshaw, a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) which advises the government, warned “we just don’t really know what’s going to happen” as winter approaches.
It comes as 33,904 cases were reported on Wednesday, the highest in a day for nearly four weeks.
Case numbers, after dramatically dropping at the end of July, are once again on the rise, as this government chart indicates.
Furthermore, a further 170 and 111 deaths were recorded on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
The 170 figure was the highest since 12 March, when the after-effects of the UK’s second wave were still being felt.
Asked about the figures, Prof Openshaw told Times Radio on Thursday: “I think it’s very worrying. This is a very large number.
“If you think 34,000 people, that’s a lot of people testing positive, and to be seeing over 100 deaths a day at this stage… before schools have gone back, while the weather is still relatively good… we’re not back into winter yet.”...
'I'm very worried': Fears grow of winter COVID surge after deaths and cases accelerate
James Morris·Senior news reporter, Yahoo News UK
Thu., August 19, 2021, 6:25 a.m.·2 min read
A top coronavirus adviser has said he is “very worried” with infections once again on the increase.
Prof Peter Openshaw, a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) which advises the government, warned “we just don’t really know what’s going to happen” as winter approaches.
It comes as 33,904 cases were reported on Wednesday, the highest in a day for nearly four weeks.
Case numbers, after dramatically dropping at the end of July, are once again on the rise, as this government chart indicates.
Furthermore, a further 170 and 111 deaths were recorded on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
The 170 figure was the highest since 12 March, when the after-effects of the UK’s second wave were still being felt.
Asked about the figures, Prof Openshaw told Times Radio on Thursday: “I think it’s very worrying. This is a very large number.
“If you think 34,000 people, that’s a lot of people testing positive, and to be seeing over 100 deaths a day at this stage… before schools have gone back, while the weather is still relatively good… we’re not back into winter yet.”...