Assuming I havent mangled the data during processing, here is a look at some positive cases by age for the North West region.
The 0-19 age group has 7 day rolling averages for positive cases by specimen date that are higher than seen previously in the pandemic.
Zooming in further, its the 5-9 and 10-14 age groups which are posting record numbers. Obviously the testing system has changed over time so that needs to be factored in when making these comparisons. 15-19 numbers are high but havent passed the previous peak for the North West yet. Likewise the 20-24 age group for this region.
The yellow and grey lines in the first graph, representing over 60's and those aged 40-59 in the North West testing positive, are what passes as the good news in this sort of data, the reason government attitude remains different this time around, at least so far.
When the next weekly data by region and age is out, I will use it to check whether I've mangled anything when trying to prepare this data.
Some of the falls at the end of these curves are because this data is cases by specimen date, so most recent figures are incomplete. Whether there is anything else going on with the testing/data system that would explain some broader recent blunting of some of those curves I cannot currently say. Some of the trajectories have gone a bit odd more recently but I dont have clues as to why, or whether or not it represents a real change in the infection picture. I havent done every region yet, but this stuff seems especially pronounced in the North West. Other areas that are high on my priority list for this sort of data, because the overall case trajectory in those regions is rather steep, are the North East, Yorkshire and Humber, and the South West.
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