Thousands of patients still catching Covid on hospital wards amid warning of new wave

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The figures, compiled by the Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group, show that the proportion of people who are likely to have caught Covid in hospital grew by 29 per cent this week, though the data may underestimate the figures, given that routine testing has been dropped. Hospitals stopped the routine testing of patients on admission in May.

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