I don't think we're all up the creek without a paddle quite yet Ruby.

The 113% is just the sort of averaging I mentioned earlier, it looks terrible, numbers more than doubled in a week.  But what was the first number?  10?, so an increase to 22, isn't so bad.  100, increased to 206, not so good.  1000,  increased to over 2000 much, much worse.

I just looked at "Covid hot-spots in Staffordshire".  Three places are mentioned, Cannock Town, Lichfield and all of Newcastle.  Followed by a list of other places in the county, all having "None".  In other words that 113% increase is mostly concentrated in only three (small?) areas.

I'm not saying be reckless / stupid, I'm sure you have as much common-sense as the vast majority of people and are listening to the Govt. advice.

Do your own risk assessment.  Where are the most crowded / dangerous places you go to?  Avoid them if possible, minimise the time you spend in them if you can't.  Mask and glove up while you are there.

I live in a block of flats, a tiny microcosm of the population.  We have a mixture of people from children who've just started school (plus one newly born baby and one toddler), teens, working people and some retired.  The children have gone to school when possible.  The workers have been working, the retired have had medical appointments.  Apart from the elderly, all have done their own shopping.

Thanet is said to be a hot-spot in Kent but we haven't had a single confirmed case in the block.  One self-employed and one employee at Wickes self-isolated thinking they might have contracted the virus.  Both, when tested, turned out to be false alarms - they tested negative.

One in fifty = 2% of the population, most of that 2% will be in areas of high population density, even the sub-urban areas of towns and cities will be relatively safe if reasonable precautions are used.

The Govt. wants people to be sensible and safe, most people are listening.  To try to get the attention of the few that aren't they're presenting the figures in the way that they hope will most alarm them into seeing sense.