Context and methodology of the ONS survey.I don't have a crystal ball.
I just say statistics without details and information about the context and the employed methodology have a limited meaning.
Unfortunately, an increase in the number of cases is the price to pay for an easing of the restrictions.
If there is a high increase in the number of deaths and hospitalisations, then we will have another lockdown.
Otherwise, the debate should be open.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...onaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/2july2021
A national statistically weighted weekly sampling that balances regions, gender, age, ethnic background and relative deprivation. They test around 15,000 people per day to create the survey.
It is not directly related to the national testing system, but because it has followed a consistent model it's used to see national trends over time.
The headline data from the national system is here:
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/
Most of the raw data is also available for download in csv format.
They also publish detailed reports on the statistical analysis going on behind the headline numbers, those are here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ars-cov-2-variant-variant-of-concern-20201201
If you want to look at the current day by day modelling, you can work from the raw numbers oy you can go with the current best fit on the data which is case:hospitalisation ratio around 2% (with a delay of 10 days). However that's a massive fall in case:hospitalisation ratio compared to the end of the winter wave (when it was 8%) and is mostly down to vaccination in older adults and case growth amongst young adults. However that suggests that hospitalisations will hit 1000/day before case rates fall (which we're hoping they will do due to vaccination and school holidays). It's changing by the day though and the calculations of vaccine v virus are not straightforward.
Sometimes, information overload isn't particularly useful in a tweet or a post.