BBCNEWS BBC News January 12, 2022 02:07:00
The number of patients in hospital with covid—i9 hit a record high on tuesday. just shy of 146,000 people are in hospitals with covid—i9, surpassing the previous peak set in january 2021 — that's twice as many as were in hospital two weeks ago. not all of them were admitted for covid, a proportion of these people went in for other ailments, then tested positive while in hospital but the vast majority are the unvaccinated. a little earlier, the us chief medical advisor anthony fauci was giving evidence to a congressional commitee on the current state of play. here's his response to a ques...