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Official data shows that there are currently more people hospitalized due to covid-19 in England than in the first peak of the pandemic, recorded in the spring (autumn in the southern hemisphere).
According to a survey by the NHS (National Health Service), there were 20,426 patients in hospitals yesterday morning (local time), which is higher than the previously recorded peak: 18,974 on April 12.
Simon Stevens, executive director of NHS England, warned that healthcare professionals are back “in the eye of the storm.”
“This very high level of infection is a growing concern at a time when our hospitals are at their most vulnerable,” said Yvonne Doyle, England’s chief medical officer for public health.
The UK recorded 41,385 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, a daily record.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his scientific advisers have said that a variant of the coronavirus that can be up to 70% more transmissible is spreading rapidly in the UK, although it is not believed to be more deadly or cause disease More serious. .
This prompted strict social coexistence measures for London and the South of England, and plans to ease restrictions on Christmas across the country have been drastically reduced or scrapped entirely.
Stevens said vaccines provide hope and estimated that all vulnerable people could be vaccinated against the coronavirus in late spring 2021 – that is, late June.
* With information from AP and Reuters
