June 5, 2021
LONDON: A majority of major hospital trusts in England are continuing to average no Covid-19 admissions, though a handful of trusts in virus hotspots are showing a small rise in numbers, new analysis shows.
It comes as health experts warn that the Covid-19 variant that originated in India, also known as the Delta variant, may lead to an increased risk of hospital admission. Some 278 people with the Indian variant attended A&Es in England in the past week, resulting in 94 people being admitted to hospital overnight, according to Public Health England (PHE).
This compares with 201 A&E attendances in the previous week, with 43 admissions. However the majority of admissions continue to be people who have not been vaccinated, PHE said.
EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline s analysis of the latest NHS England data shows Bolton has the only NHS trust in the country to have more than four per cent of its beds occupied with Covid patients.
Every British adult will be able to get vaccinated within weeks – as country records ZERO Covid deaths for the first time in 447 days giving further hope the jabs are working despite 30 percent rise in cases
Ministers are preparing to offer vaccines to all over-18s within weeks to help halt the spread of Indian variant
The zero death toll is the first since the depth of summer 2020, when the virus had all but vanished in the UK
It marks a milestone for Britain but fears are growing that the Indian variant will spark a third wave in weeks
Professor Tim Spector, who runs the Covid Symptom Study, said it isn t unstoppable and vaccines work
Does London REALLY need to be in Tier Three? Only one of the capital s NHS trusts is busier than it was last winter - and just 25 Covid deaths are occurring each day (an EIGHTH of the levels seen in April during the peak of the pandemic)
Of capital s 18 major hospital trusts, only University College London NHS Foundation Trust busier than in 2019
London s NHS hospitals are actually quieter than they were the previous two winters, on average, data shows
Covid deaths and hospital admissions in London are a far cry from the levels seen during the peak of spring