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By Gavin Bevis
BBC News Online examines how East Midlands hospitals are coping with the current surge in Covid-19 cases.
The pandemic s resurgence has compounded the usual extra pressure on health services during the colder months.
Now - despite two lockdowns in three months - those grim predictions are becoming reality, as hospital staff around the UK struggle to deal with rising Covid admissions.
So how bad are things in the region - and are they going to get worse?
How many Covid-19 patients are there at East Midlands hospitals?
image captionThe Royal Derby Hospital s chief executive said he expected admissions to continue to rise
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Nottinghamshire hospitals at critical point as hundreds of Covid patients admitted
Health bosses estimate 1 in 50 people in Notts now have the virus
13:57, 8 JAN 2021
Updated
Queens Medical Centre (Image: Nottingham Post)
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Hospitals in Nottinghamshire are in a critical position with high numbers of admissions and community infection which is likely to get worse through January .
Nottinghamshire hospitals have 50 percent more Covid-19 patients than during first peak The increase in Covid positive cases has started to accelerate over the Christmas period which is very concerning
16:40, 1 JAN 2021
A general view of the Queen s Medical Centre in Nottingham (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)
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Rising coronavirus patient numbers and deaths across Nottinghamshire now very concerning
There are now 50% more people in the county s hospitals than at the peak of the first wave in April
19:12, 31 DEC 2020
A view of the Queen s Medical Centre in Nottingham.
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