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Coronavirus hospital admissions have begun to rise again after the second national lockdown ended last week, official figures show – after it emerged that more than 10,000 people acquired the disease when they were being treated in hospital for other illnesses.
Data released by the Department for Health indicated that the average number of hospital admissions stood at 1,262 for England on Sunday – up three per cent from the week before.
The growth in hospitalisations was mainly drive by increases in London, which is teetering on the brink of being moved from Tier 2 to the at most risk Tier 3 restrictions that would decimate the City s economy. The East of England, the South East and the Midlands also all experienced a rise in admissions that pushed the national seven-day average up.
Third of patients at Lincolnshire hospitals caught COVID-19 during treatment
| Updated: 12:13, 10 December 2020
Nearly a third of patients in Lincolnshireâs hospitals acquired coronavirus while being treated, new data has revealed.
The Telegraph has reported that more than 10,000 people nationally caught the virus while in hospital for other illnesses between August 1 and November 29.
At United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, of 762 coronavirus cases being treated, 225 of them were caught while in hospitals â 29.5% of patients.
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The figures put ULHT with the seventh highest percentage during that time period.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust saw 88 of its 606 cases caught inside the hospital â just 14.5% of patients.