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'Significant increase' in people attending hospital as death rates drop

There has been a significant increase in hospital activity with 1.5 million attendances to hospital Emergency Departments in 2021, latest figures show.  Th...

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hospitalisations?- into higher numbers of hospitalisations? into higher numbers of hositalisations? ., , hospitalisations? that is right. i think we know _ hospitalisations? that is right. i think we know the _ hospitalisations? that is right. i think we know the hospital - hospitalisations? that is right. i i think we know the hospital activity is roughly 2—3 weeks behind the community activity. we have about 450-500 community activity. we have about 450—500 patients in hospital with confirmed covid at the moment. as of last week we had eight individuals who had been admitted to hospital with non—omicron as the strain in them, over the coming weeks we will know exactly what the effect of hospitalisations will be, particularly taking into account the mixing that would have happened over the christmas and new year period. obviously a lot more mixing to come with new year festivities. obviously a lot more mixing to come with new yearfestivities. are obviously a lot more mixing to come with new year festivities. are you satisfied that the current restrictions are adequate or do you think there are going to have to be more restrictions? it think there are going to have to be more restrictions?— think there are going to have to be more restrictions? it has to be kept under constant _ more restrictions? it has to be kept under constant review. _ more restrictions? it has to be kept under constant review. i _ more restrictions? it has to be kept under constant review. i think - more restrictions? it has to be kept under constant review. i think the l under constant review. i think the most important message we are dry to give to the population and the community is thatjust because certain provisions are available in

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