Workers Revolutionary Party NHS staff outside the BBC last September highlight the number of NHS workers who have died from Covid-19 â there are now over a thousand âCOVID hospital numbers could get scary!â Professor Chris Whitty said yesterday, adding that the UK is ânot out of the woods yetâ. âPeople should act with caution as Covid restrictions in England end on Monday,â Whitty added. He continued that Covid hospitalisations were doubling every three weeks and could hit âscary numbersâ in future, and that the pandemic still had a âlong way to run in the UKâ. The Solicitor General Lucy Frazer said that there may well be a case for further restrictions.