Today's numbers -

501 deaths [5,655 in the last 14 days]
16,409 in hospital
1,430 on ventilation
22,915 tested positive
330,059 cases in 14 days
53,775 deaths within 28 days +ve test
63,873 with COVID-19 on the death certificate.

were read out on the BBC News in less than a minute, and with far less interest than is associated with the weather report.

We have become numb to this ongoing disaster.