The HPA points out that most of the UK were on half-term last week (but not Scotland) so they might have been hoping for a bigger break in the swine flu figures than they got. Week 46 does show a small drop in new cases and hospitalisations but deaths have taken a leap going up from 151 to 180. Scotland is usually the spike in the graph but in fact they only had one death and Wales had the spike with deaths jumping from 8 to 14. Here are the last few weeks death figures with the increase given in the last column:
Week 46 - 180 - 29
Week 45 - 151 - 16
Week 44 - 135 - 16
Week 43 - 119 - 14
Week 42 - 105 - 15
Week 41 - 90 - 6
Week 40 - 84 - 2
Week 39 - 82 - 4
Week 45 - 151 - 16
Week 44 - 135 - 16
Week 43 - 119 - 14
Week 42 - 105 - 15
Week 41 - 90 - 6
Week 40 - 84 - 2
Week 39 - 82 - 4
The figures are open to interpretation of course but at first glance it would suggest that half-term has not been the fire-break most would have hoped. And schools are now back.
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