Hospitals in virus hotspots are now treating up to three times as many Covid-19 patients as they did at the peak of the first wave.
Experts said that we are seeing the start of a third wave as hospital bosses warned of further mass cancellations of routine operations and appointments.
Latest Department of Health figures show there are now 18,469 patients in hospital with the virus, the highest total since mid-April.
And yesterday 28,507 new cases were recorded, the highest ever aside from Thursday when an IT glitch lead to a missing 11,000 positive results in Wales being added to the system.
Around one in five NHS Trusts are busier with Covid-19 than they were at any point in April and May, analysis shows.
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Shiwangi and Ziana Bagoan
A mother and her two-year-old daughter who were found dead in west London have been named by police.
Homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of Shiwangi Bagoan, 25, and Ziana Bagoan, but do not believe anyone else was involved.
The pair were pronounced dead at the scene in Old Meadow Lane, Hounslow, after police and paramedics were called to the scene shortly after 4pm on Monday.
The mother worked as an anaesthetist’s assistant for University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
A spokeswoman said: “We are extremely saddened by the deaths of Shiwangi and her child.
FAMILY TRAGEDY
Mum, 25, found dead next to body of daughter, two, who she ‘doted on’ as cops probe murder suicide at West London flat
Amir Razavi
Updated: 16 Dec 2020, 9:24
A MUM was found dead next to the body of her two-year-old daughter who she doted on - as cops probe a murder suicide.
Shiwangi Bagoan, 25, was found next to her dead daughter Ziana in her West London flat.
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Cops found the bodies of a little girl and a woman at a property in Old Meadow Lane, HounslowCredit: (c) UkNewsinPictures
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Metropolitan Police officers rushed to the scene in Hounslow just after 4pm on Monday.
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
Tavistock publishes nine-year study on puberty blockers Fiona Simpson Monday, December 14, 2020
All but one child who took puberty blockers for gender dysphoria at the NHS-run Tavistock Centre went on to recieve cross-sex hormones, a new study shows.
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