CASES of Covid-19 have climbed six per cent in the last week, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) states. An estimated 1.5 million Brits had the bug in the week ending February 21. T…
She added: “It’s a mixed picture across English regions and age groups. Though infections have decreased in school aged children for a second week, they continue to rise for those aged 25 to 49 years and in the over-70s.”
The data from the ONS today comes as the NHS warned that there are still 'hundreds of patients' in hospital with winter viruses. NHS national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: "The number of Covid patients is up almost a quarter since last month and norovirus remains a concern – with cases in hospital three times higher than last year."That's a 24 per cent increase on this time last month, with 6,055 having had treatment in hospital for the bug.
On top of this, the total number of general and acute beds occupied last week was 95,136, up almost 5,000 – or 5.3 per cent - on last year.
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