The MHRA document is very useful and the updated version 08/04/20 and leaving the intricacies of PPV and other issues aside is a good practical guide for prospective evaluation.
Just looking at today's .gov briefing
As of 9am on 9 April, 298,169 tests have concluded across the UK, with 16,095 tests carried out on 8 April. Some individuals are tested more than once for clinical reasons.
243,421 people have been tested, of whom 65,077 tested positive. The tests concluded figure excludes data from Northern Ireland.
As of 5pm on 8 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 7,978 have died.
I tried to see if these figures could be broken down, but failed to find any degree of granular information as to:
243,421 people have been tested (what test RT-PCR, POC lab test ? IgG etc , of whom 65,077 tested positive (what does that mean?).
and following on "of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus" again ambiguous.
Just interested to know how the government is getting this data and its process for deriving summary reports like this?
BW John
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