State of play as lockdown is eased

Figures taken from worldometer.

The UK entered lockdown on March 23rd of 2020. On this day, 967 new cases of Coronavirus and 74 deaths were reported.

Yesterday, May 31st, the UK saw 1,936 new cases of Coronavirus and recorded 115 deaths .

Today, June 1st 2020, lockdown has been considerably eased. Groups of 6 from different households are allowed to meet, with no obvious restriction on the number of such gatherings an individual can attend in succession. The devolved governments of Wales and Scotland are maintaining stricter measures.

We have roughly twice the daily new cases now as when we entered lockdown, but Boris Johnson’s government have proceeded anyway, despite warnings from members of SAGE that it is still too early to do so.

This isn’t over by a long stretch. There is no cure, no vaccine, and the government is beginning to withdraw the one defense we have while the situation is worse than when we first implemented it.

We are 0.87% of the world’s population. We have had 4.35% of the world’s cases, and 10.36% of deaths.