It doesn’t matter that around half of people with covid-19 in hospital are primarily being treated for something else - the infections still have a major impact on health services, says ClareWilsonMed
The UK is currently experiencing a surge incases caused by the omicron variant, in common with many countries.
Inevitably, the number of people in UK hospitals with the illness is also rising, and reached 2509 people admitted on 28 March – just over half the daily admissions seen at the highest peak of the pandemic in the UK in January 2021, when it reached more than 4500 per day.Subscribe for unlimited digital access
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