Covid: Zero daily deaths announced in UK for first time

Deceptive headline. Zero deaths were <i>reported</i> on that day, because it was a public holiday. The number of people who <i>died</i> on that day is not yet known.

The UK definition is “within 28 days of a positive covid test result”. There was a day in July with no reported deaths, but that used a different definition.

That&#x27;s great, a good improvement from the beginning of the year when we thought London was about to be overwhelmed <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25663726" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25663726</a>

It is too early to say the UK is on top of the pandemic. The delta variant may result in a rising toll despite the mass rollout of vaccines, as the major one they use, the AZ one is only 66% effective. Wait and see, and keep social distancing is all we need to do now.

What&#x27;s the 7-day average? This could be some sort of reporting fluke.