Essexyellows
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It is more than just the infection rate as is clearly explained here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tiering-decisions-to-be-made-through-national-command-structure
Decisions on tiers are made by ministers based on public health recommendations informed by the following factors:
Decisions on tiers are made by ministers based on public health recommendations informed by the following factors:
- case detection rate (in all age groups and, in particular, among the over 60s)
- how quickly case rates are rising or falling
- positivity in the general population
- pressure on the NHS – including current and projected (3 to 4 weeks out) NHS capacity – including admissions, general/acute/ICU bed occupancy, staff absences
- local context and exceptional circumstances such as a local but contained outbreak