Number of critical care beds occupied is 70% higher than last winter and a quarter of hospitals had NO space amid Covid crisis, NHS data reveals (so how much busier is YOUR trust?)
NHS figures showed 5,176 critical care beds occupied on January 17 compared to 3,066 same time last year
Analysis by MailOnline also reveals a quarter of all trusts had no spare space in their ICUs, double last year
MailOnline has designed an interactive tool to let you check how busy your local ICU was on January 17
NHS announces highest daily death toll in London since start of the pandemic
One London hospital trust announced a worrying 33 deaths
The death toll in London hospitals has been growing
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Another 239 deaths from coronavirus have been announced in London hospitals making it the single worst figure announced in a day since the pandemic began.
The healtcare workers who have died from Covid-19 At least 220 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus. Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11 2020. This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients. The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.
Thirteen more hospital trusts now have a third or more of their beds filled by covid patients than a week ago, but those under the most extreme pressure have seen it begin to subside.