Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

Today's #Covid19Cymru deaths show the highest figure reported in one day since 9th April. Doubtless there was an element of a backlog, probably from the weekend, but that does not alter the fact that it's a shocking figure.
The 7-day average deaths is now 13.0 - the highest since 11th May (and that is a fair comparison).
I hope those politicians who even today are questioning the strictness of the lockdown realise that their words will likely cost lives. I fear they may not care.
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There were 1414 cases reported today - the highest so far, with RhCT regaining top position with a shocking 276 cases.
≥100
276: RhCT
170: Cardiff
127: Swansea
119: Caerffili

≤10
10: Gwynedd
4: Penfro
3: Ceredigion

Notable:
47: Powys (what nutter wanted them exempt from lockdown? - yes, it was a tory)

“The Democrats think Boris is a pea from the same pod as Trump.” Being “Britain’s Trump” goes down almost as poisonously as being Trump himself among many in Team Biden. They are bracketed together in the minds of Democrats not just because both are rule-breaking populists who have polarised their countries and trashed historic alliances.".
They are right.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/25/johnson-dangerously-close-to-one-us-president-wht-if-biden-wins

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Release of 2nd progress report for #Germany's #ClimateChangeAdaptation strategy & #ActionPlan for #Adaptation

Goals:
• Better financing for #climateadaptation
• Support for social institutions

Measures to make Germany #climate-proof:
• Floods & low water or disrupted infrastructures
• Effects on agriculture
• Health hazards
• Security risks for the economy
• Civil protection

Press release #Umweltbundesamt (German):
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/bundesregierung-beschliesst-aktionsplan-fuer

Progress report (German):
https://www.bmu.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Klimaschutz/klimawandel_das_2_fortschrittsbericht_bf.pdf

1324 new cases today, and 16 deaths, in the #Covid19Cymru official figures. I still don't know what they've done with the local authority data.
That's the highest for cases, and the highest for deaths since the summer bar one day which had a backlogged data dump.
Will try to post graphs later.

Here are the graphs for today #Covid19Cymru, and they don't look pretty.
If anyone questions why we need a lockdown, shown them these.

Many local lockdowns have spectacularly failed, looking at today's case figures:

≥50
292: Cardiff
163: Swansea
152: RhCT
88: Neath PT
69: Caerffili
68: Blaenau Gwent
63: Bridgend
50: Merthyr
50: Wrecsam

≤10
10: Gwynedd
9: Môn
5: Penfro
5: Ceredigion

Drakeford stepped up direct diplomacy with Brussels after Downing Street Brexit bust-up - Nation.Cymru https://nation.cymru/news/drakeford-stepped-up-direct-diplomacy-with-brussels-after-downing-street-brexit-bust-up/
"The flurry of meetings came after the Welsh government’s European advisory group called on ministers to make their divergence from the UK government’s positions clear to the EU."

Today's #Covid19Cymru figures show the increase in cases still rising - 1104 today puts the 7-day average up to over 1000 for the first time (1008).

There were 5 deaths (it's Sunday; slow reporting) recorded, taking the 7-day average up to 9.43, its highest since 2nd June.

Cases table:
≥50
178: RhCT (claiming first place over Cardiff - for the first time?)
154: Cardiff
94: Swansea
73: Neath PT
72: Caerffili
56: Wrecsam
56: Merthyr
52: Bridgend

≤10
4: Penfro
3: Ceredigion

So in the beta version of QOTO I've been working on I got a **lot** of new features working and coming soon.. a few examples:

* Captcha registration (less spam!)

* Groups! This includes a group directory tab to be able to browse groups as well as support for rendering and tagging groups properly. I will also be bringing up a second server to support creating groups and allows group moderation

* Markdown formatting for toots!

* Circles, essentially finer grained permission controls where you can create a circle of followers and limit a post so only a specific set of circles can see it.

So far all the above features have been tested and seem to be working, so should be able to do a release very shortly.

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