Has the autumn Covid wave arrived? 🦠 Covid infections in England and Wales are continuing to increase with the largest weekly rise in the UK since the summer, new figures show. 🔴 PMGallagher1
Covid infections in England and Wales are continuing to increase with the largest weekly rise in the UK since the summer, new figures show.
Although cases are rising in England and Wales, the trend in Scotland and Northern Ireland is unclear, the ONS said. The figures come as the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 is also continuing to rise. In both Scotland and Northern Ireland the trend is described by the ONS as “uncertain”. In Scotland, 117,100 people were likely to have had Covid-19 in the latest survey, or about one in 45, compared with 98,800 – or one in 55 – in the previous week. In Northern Ireland, the estimate is 23,100, or one in 80 people, compared with 22,900, also one in 80.
Separate figures from the NHS show the number of people in hospital in England with Covid-19 stood at 7,024 on 28 September, up 37 per cent week-on-week. Patient numbers topped 14,000 in mid-July at the peak of the BA.4/5 wave, after which they started to fall steadily. This decline came to a halt in mid-September, however.
About six in 10 patients who test positive for Covid-19 are being treated primarily for something else. But they need to be isolated from patients who do not have Covid,Professor Spector said: “With rates on the rise, especially in the vulnerable elderly age groups, the impact on hospitalisations could be higher. However, the youngest age group are showing possible early signs of case numbers slowing.
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