The Week in Numbers (to Feb 15th)

Finally, some good news - well, nearly

13.4%

TTE (and William Farr) says what goes up must come down. Influenza positivity in week 6 was 13.4% compared with 13.9% in the previous week. Despite a complete lack of NPIs, these pesky viruses do what they do - notably our ubiquitous friend rhinovirus - positivity increased slightly to 11.6%, with the highest positivity in those under 5 years at 33…