Just a quick thread: The figure Alun Cairns has used here includes residents outside Wales who have been counted in our figures. In reality, the number is 1,025.4, which is lower than England. 1/4 https://twitter.com/AlunCairns/status/1317220578210816006

These figures are also an unfair comparison, as they are cumulative totals. If you use the last 14 days for which the data is stable (30/09 to 13/10) you get the following:

England - 303.3
NI - 615.4
Scotland - 256.9
Wales - 245.1

2/4

I’m not saying at all that anywhere is doing particularly well at the moment, just that using these figures to discuss what’s happening now is lazy at best and misleading at worst. 3/4

Furthermore, and I can’t believe I have to keep saying this, the restrictions apply to all of NI, and only areas with high infection rates in England and Scotland.

Yet again, a health issue is being turned into a border issue. 4/4