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The United Kingdom has recorded 964 deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours and 55,892 infections, according to the British Ministry of Health, which ordered the reactivation of a field hospital in London.
As of Wednesday, 981 new daily deaths from coronavirus had been reported, more than double the number reported the previous day, and 50,023 infections.
Since the start of the pandemic, 73,512 deaths of infected people after diagnosis of the disease and 2,488,780 cases have been reported in the UK.
The growing influx of patients with the disease to hospitals led the British Health Service (NHS) to announce the reactivation of the gigantic field hospital installed in an exhibition center in London in early April, during the first wave of the pandemic. “London hospitals are under significant pressure due to high rates of coronavirus infection,” said an NHS spokesman. Built with the support of the Army, it had an initial capacity of up to 4,000 beds, equivalent to ten conventional hospitals, but it served relatively little, partly due to a lack of available professionals.
In the rest of the country, other field hospitals have been established, called Nightingale, named after a famous British nurse, and those in Manchester and Harrogate (north of England) and Bristol (southwest) are currently used for patients without covid- 19.
To date, around 80% of the population in England is being held to try to stop the rapid spread of the virus, exacerbated by a strain of SARS-CoV-2 considered more infectious.
Level 4, the highest in the current range of restrictions, advises residents to stay home except to buy food, work, study or exercise, and determines the closure of most stores, that is, non-essential shops, bars and restaurants. , unless they are sold out, cinemas, theaters and hotels.
The latest report from England’s Directorate-General for Health published on Thursday indicates that covid-19 case rates continue to rise in all regions, notably London, which rose to 735.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the seven days to December 27.
East England had the second highest rate (551.3 cases per 100,000 population), followed by South East England (450.6 cases) and Yorkshire and the Humber (North East) had the lowest rate, 188.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. .
