The effect of Boris Johnson scrapping Covid-19 restrictions
Last updated: Wednesday March 9th, 2022
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Covid-19 cases and deaths either side of 19 July 2021
There is widespread nervousness that Boris Johnson's scrapping of all Covid restrictions on 19 July 2021 in England will cause an explosion of new cases and deaths there. This blog will track whether (as I suspect) it is the stupidest thing a leader could possibly do, or if he knows something that we don't and the UK manages to open up without the pandemic unleashing a fresh wave. Note that an uptick in cases from 13 July would be expected anyway after Wembley Stadium was packed with over 65,000 un-masked and un-distanced fans on 12 July.
13 July: 36,254 cases (5th in world) and 50 deaths (22nd in world)
14 July: 42,081 cases (3rd) and 49 deaths (24th)
15 July: 48,553 cases (3rd) and 63 deaths (18th)
16 July: 51,870 cases (2nd) and 49 deaths (23rd)
17 July: 54,674 cases (1st) and 41 deaths (22nd)
18 July: 48,161 cases (1st) and 25 deaths (30th)
19 July: 39,805 cases (1st) and 19 deaths (35th)
20 July: 46,558 cases (1st) and 96 deaths (14th)
21 July: 44,104 cases (3rd) and 73 deaths (17th)
22 July: 39,906 cases (4th) and 84 deaths (18th)
23 July: 36,389 cases (5th) and 64 deaths (20th)
24 July: 31,795 cases (5th) and 86 deaths (19th)
25 July: 29,173 cases (3rd) and 28 deaths (30th)
26 July: 24,855 cases (5th) and 14 deaths (43rd)
27 July: 23,511 cases (8th) and 131 deaths (15th)
28 July: 27,734 cases (7th) and 91 deaths (16th)
29 July: 30,980 cases (6th) and 85 deaths (19th)
30 July: 29,622 cases (5th) and 68 deaths (23rd)
31 July: 26,144 cases (5th) and 71 deaths (21st)
01 Aug: 24,470 cases (4th) and 65 deaths (22nd)
02 Aug: 21,952 cases (7th) and 24 deaths (37th)
03 Aug: 21,565 cases (9th) and 138 deaths (17th)
04 Aug: 29,312 cases (6th) and 119 deaths (19th)
05 Aug: 30,215 cases (6th) and 86 deaths (25th)
06 Aug: 31,680 cases (6th) and 92 deaths (21st)
07 Aug: 28,612 cases (5th) and 103 deaths (18th)
08 Aug: 27,429 cases (3rd) and 39 deaths (29th)
09 Aug: 25,090 cases (4th) and 37 deaths (30th)
10 Aug: 23,510 cases (8th) and 146 deaths (16th)
11 Aug: 29,612 cases (7th) and 104 deaths (21st)
12 Aug: 32,961 cases (5th) and 94 deaths (23rd)
13 Aug: 32,700 cases (5th) and 100 deaths (22nd)
14 Aug: 29,412 cases (5th) and 91 deaths (22nd)
15 Aug: 26,750 cases (4th) and 61 deaths (26th)
16 Aug: 28,363 cases (3rd) and 26 deaths (36th)
17 Aug: 26,852 cases (6th) and 170 deaths (17th)
28 Aug: 32,406 cases (3rd) and 133 deaths (16th)
11 Sep: 29,547 cases (3rd) and 156 deaths (13th)
26 Sep: 31,348 cases (2nd) and 122 deaths (13th)
21 Oct: 52,009 cases (2nd) and 115 deaths (12th)
25 Oct: 39,962 cases (1st) and 72 deaths (11th)
03 Nov: 33,865 cases (3rd) and 292 deaths (6th)
10 Nov: 33,117 cases (3rd) and 262 deaths (6th)
17 Nov: 37,243 cases (3rd) and 214 deaths (9th)
03 Dec: 48,081 cases (4th) and 171 deaths (12th)
10 Dec: 45,449 cases (4th) and 180 deaths (11th)
16 Dec: 59,320 cases (3rd) and 149 deaths (11th)
17 Dec: 93,045 cases (2nd) and 111 deaths (15th)
21 Dec: 90,629 cases (2nd) and 172 deaths (10th)
29 Dec: 129,471 cases (2nd) and 18 deaths (44th)
12 Jan: 120,806 cases (7th) and 379 deaths (6th)
26 Jan: 102,292 cases (8th) and 346 deaths (7th)
.13 Feb: 45,883 cases (12th) and 167 deaths (11th)
18 Feb: 51,899 cases (12th) and 183 deaths (17th)
09 Mar: 61,803 cases (8th) and 212 deaths (9th)
Also, did you post this blog accidentally? Good to see you in the blog community anyway now Jerry!
Not saying you're wrong of course--I also think it's a dumb idea to remove all COVID restrictions so suddenly--but I'm just a bit confused. Can you explain why you think this will happen in the UK despite their successful vaccination drive?