https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

British Grand Prix: Silverstone to have capacity crowd for July for the 1 8 July



I'm with Lewis on this one - letting Cheltenham Races go ahead of lockdown last year (250,000 people attended) was a major blunder and an accelerant for the spread of COVID-19. Hopefully, owing to vaccinations and tests, the risks at Silverstone will be nowhere near as great .....

Do we have any evidence that Cheltenham Races were followed by a spike in infections Omah?

Leaked data has revealed a high concentration of coronavirus hospitalisations in area next to Cheltenham Racecourse.

The map seen by GloucestershireLive shows there were 27 confirmed admissions in the GL52 postcode since April 3. The town has become known as a Covid-19 hotspot since the pandemic broke out.

It comes after organisers of the Cheltenham Festival defended the decision to go ahead with the event attended by 250,000 people between March 10 and March 13, finishing three days before the Government announced social distancing measures. The day before the started the Department of Culture, Media and Sport said there was ‘no rationale’ to postponing events.

The leaked OS data map shows GL52 had the highest number of Covid-19 hospital admissions in Gloucestershire, followed by GL51, which houses Cheltenham Spa Railway Station. According to Government data there have been 972 cases of coronavirus in Gloucesteshire and 147 deaths.

Huge spike in coronavirus hospital admissions after Cheltenham Festival

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/23/huge-...held-12600852/

Thursday 23 Apr 2020 7:06 pm

Wow! Perhaps not such a good idea to have so many people huddled together at Silverstone..... And even worse when you think the amount of places the crowd will return to after the race. Expect small pockets of infections to spring up everywhere.....I hope I'm wrong.

Estimates from the Office for National Statistics suggest about 153,000 people in the UK would test positive for coronavirus in the week to 19 June, up from 119,000 people the previous week.

This is one in 420 people.

As they did last week, the ONS says the percentage of people testing positive has “increased” in England and Scotland, whereas the “trend is uncertain” in Wales and Northern Ireland.

1. A total of 111,157 confirmed and probable cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant have now been identified in the UK, Public Health England says
2. Delta cases have risen 46% in a week across the UK and there have been 514 more admissions to hospital with the variant

Huge spike in coronavirus hospital admissions after Cheltenham Festival

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/23/huge-...held-12600852/

Thursday 23 Apr 2020 7:06 pm



AFAIK, the event was organised by the Jockey Club, whose members include Dido Harding, who, coincidentally, is on the board of Cheltenham Racecourse ......

Public Health Scotland (PHS) are investigating a potential delay in laboratory processing of specimens in Lighthouse laboratories. This resulted in case numbers reported on 25 June being lower than would have been expected. Based on historical reporting patterns, PHS estimate 800-1,110 cases may have been delayed in being reported.