‘Absolutely terrifying’ impact of Covid admissions on northern UK hospitals revealed

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As of Thursday, almost 6,100 patients were in hospital with Covid-19 across the country, 4,670 were receiving oxygen and 563 were on ventilators, according to the data.

This comes as figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the death rate for coronavirus patients has increased in England for the time since the peak of the outbreak in April.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-uk-lockdown-tier-3-cases-deaths-vaccine/

** This post was originally published on October 23, 2020 **