Hospitals are seeing record numbers of coronavirus patients as fears over NHS capacity saw Boris Johnson refuse to rule out a third lockdown. We re hoping very much that we will be able to avoid anything like a third lockdown in the new year, the Prime Minister said, but added: the reality is that the rates of infection have increased very much in the last few weeks.
A fifth of hospital trusts in England are treating more patients with Covid-19 than they were at the height of the first wave, while the number of people in hospital across the UK are reaching similar levels to those seen in the spring.
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South East hospitals cancel treatments as coronavirus cases rise
The increase in numbers has meant difficult decisions to prioritise cases of higher urgency
Hospitals across south-east England are postponing non-urgent procedures as some face double the number of coronavirus patients they had in spring.
The NHS in Kent confirmed on Friday evening that it would be putting a stop to some planned treatments across the region due to the increase in Covid patients being treated .
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust had 221 Covid-19 patients on December 16, more than 120 more than the 98 they had in the first peak on April 8.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust was treating 357 people with coronavirus on Wednesday, almost twice the maximum number they had at any point in spring, when figures topped out at 187 on April 20.
Hospitals across south-eastern England are postponing non-urgent procedures as some face double the number of coronavirus patients they had in the spring.
The NHS in Kent confirmed on Friday evening that it would be putting a stop to some planned treatments across the region “due to the increase in Covid patients being treated”.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust had 221 Covid-19 patients on December 16, more than 120 more than the 98 they had in the first peak on April 8.
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East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust was treating 357 people with coronavirus on Wednesday, almost twice the maximum number they had at any point in spring, when figures topped out at 187 on April 20.
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