name of the gunman or more details. >> bill: and the attack personal for governor beshear, he lost two friends in the shooting. >> sandra: emotional governor beshear, said that he had lost someone close to him at the bank and another that had made it to the hospital. the updates on the hospital numbers, bill, have been changing throughout the day. there can be, as we cover these shootings in the past, there can be many reasons for that. sometimes they tell you exactly how many are in the hospital at that moment they provide the update, how many total sent over a period of time, some are released right away, but the latest from the ground nine were injured and sent to nearby hospitals. three have been released so far. two were the police officers that were shot. one was in critical condition. two people in critical
from sima on newsnight tonight at 2230 on bbc two. for the first time, all universities are being told the latest covid hospital numbers in england show the number of admissions being the highest daily numbers since latejuly. it was up more than a third on the number the previous monday. some of the admissions were for patients with other conditions who also tested positive for the virus. for the first time, all universities are being told to contact a student's trusted relative, friend or carer if serious concerns develop about their mental health, even without the student's permission. the new guidance from universities uk says students should register a trusted contact when they start their course. the advice is aimed at preventing student suicides. our education correspondent hazel shearing is here. and this comes after a series of tragic cases?—
the next couple of weeks, what's going to happen is that everyone here over the age of 2 is going to have to wear a mask. you'll have to wear it if you go to a restaurant, to school, to work or just to a store and, look, yes, the numbers could go down, but officials here are very skeptical about that. here is what the director of the department of public health had to say. >> with these very high rates, unless we start seeing a slowdown in spread, a slowdown in what's happening in our hospitals, in two weeks we will do a universal indoor masking here and that will be aligned fully with cdc. i am fearful that because we continue to see those increases in cases in two weeks, our hospital numbers will not have come down. >> and i talked to a lot of people today, many telling me that, yes, they will wear the mask. they want to be careful, but the reality is that it is not going to be easy for l.a. county.
see that happening in two weeks. >> well, our numbers are really high. it would take a lot in the next two weeks, because -- to slow down hospitalizations. just because hospitalizations lag behind case increases, we start seeing steep case increases, a couple of weeks later you are know that's going to be followed by some increases in hospitalizations. so i am fearful that because we continue to see those increases in cases, in two weeks our hospital numbers will not have come down. >> let me also ask you about monkeypox. with nearly 1,500 cases in 42 states and the biden administration announced a plan to deliver 700,000 vaccines to the national stockpile, what are your concerns about the spread of monkeypox and what are you seeing specifically in l.a. county? >> you know, again, monkeypox is
northern ireland won in 17. hospital numbers are creeping up, farfewer than we've had at previous peaks, its got up to about 16,000 across the uk or heading in that direction. but we should make it clear it's not quite where it was even in march this year, we had a.9 million infections one week. that's not that long ago. i think there is still a need for caution given the rate it's spreading, although schools are about to go on holiday, they are already on holiday in scotland and thatis already on holiday in scotland and that is one factor that will be taken out of the equation in terms of facilitating the spread of the virus. . ~' , ., the latest candidate to be knocked out of the conservative leadership contest, attorney general suella braverman, has announced she'll now support liz truss. the foreign secretary came third to the former chancellor rishi sunak and the trade minister penny mordaunt in the second round of voting. whoever wins the race to be the next prime minister, it will have been the most ethnically diverse political party
on the previous week. so, to put that in context, the week before, it was one in 30, now one in 25. it's estimated about 2.7 million people in the uk had covid, but to put that in context, at the end of march, it was something like almost 5 million. the rate of growth does seem to be slowing. you don't know when you've reached the peak until you look back. in terms of hospital numbers, something like 11,800 covid patients in england, but two thirds of those are primarily being treated for something else, and there are still around 50 covid—related deaths every day. petrol and diesel pricing will be further investigated by the uk's competition watchdog after it found cause for concern in some parts of the industry. the competition and markets authority said it had discovered a sharp rise in prices once fuel had been processed by oil refineries
of covid levels. let's look at the figures. it is one in 25 people in the uk is estimated last week to have had covid and that is up 18% on the previous week. so to put that in context, the week before it was 130, now one in 25. it is estimated about 2.7 million people in the uk had covid but to put that in context, at the end of march it was something like almost 5 million. the rate of growth does seem to be slowing. you don't know when you have reached the peak until you look back. in terms of hospital numbers, something like 11,800 covid patients in england but two thirds of those are primarily being treated for something else and there are still around 50 covariate —related deaths every day. qm. there are still around 50 covariate -related deaths every day. 0k, thank ou ve -related deaths every day. 0k, thank you very much _ -related deaths every day. 0k, thank you very much indeed. _ -related deaths every day. 0k, thank you very much indeed. fergus - -related deaths every day. 0k, thank you very much indeed. fergus walsh | you very much indeed. fergus walsh our medical editor word that they
than there were back in march. that was the previous peak, around 16,500. there's currently around 9000 in hospital now. so it's a warning that it could be higher, fuelled by these new variants of the variant, omicron, which spread more rapidly. now, it has to be said, you look at the hospital numbers, they are not all by any means people who have gone in primarily because of covid. a certain number of them have other conditions and then tested positive. but it does put more pressure on the nhs and nhs providers, who represent trusts in england, have said this means that there will be a bumpy ride over the coming months with existing pressure already there in the nhs. damejenny harries also warned that the flu season may come earlier in the autumn, as well as another covid wave so certainly rather a cautionary note from her today. time now for a look at the weather, with lucy martin.