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London Covid by borough: Handful of areas record decreases but hospitalisations rise

A handful of London boroughs recorded decreases in their Covid rates in the week before Christmas, the latest data reveals. An Evening Standard analysis of the latest Covid figures reveals that Hackney... Read more »
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Covid hospitalisations in east London slowing, data suggests

Published: 10:47 AM January 13, 2022 Covid cases among patients at east London hospitals are still rising, but at a slower rate than in previous weeks. A total of 221 patients had... Read more »
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UK is about to be hit by a large wave of Covid hospitalisations, warns SAGE 

The UK is about to be hit by a large wave of Covid hospitalisations and the peak could be even higher than last winter despite the reduced severity of Omicron, SAGE have warned. In... Read more »
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Covid-19 UK: 40% of Omicron hospitalisations are unvaccinated adults, officials finally reveal

Up to 40 per cent of patients hospitalised with the Omicron variant are unvaccinated, health chiefs have finally revealed in the wake of a transparency row. Officials were accused of scare-mongering for... Read more »
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‘Mass deaths and hospitalisations are now history’: Vaccines expert backs PM’s Covid measures

A leading vaccines expert backed Boris Johnson’s refusal to toughen England’s Covid restrictions, saying that mass deaths and hospitalisations from the deadly disease are ‘history’. Professor Sir John Bell, regius professor of... Read more »
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Daily Covid cases hit new record of 119,789 as hospitalisations rise

What were the key findings of the UKHSA report on Omicron?  Omicron is between 50 and 70 per cent less likely to cause hospital admission than Delta The new strain is also... Read more »
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Covid latest news LIVE: Omicron R number ‘as high as 5’ amid record hospitalisations warning

B ritain’s Omicron R number is estimated to be between three and five, officials have revealed. That means the a single person infected with the new Covid variant will go on to... Read more »
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UK Covid cases rise by more than 54,000 as hospitalisations show worrying jump

The news comes as the Omicron variant looks set to become the dominant strain of coronavirus in London by tomorrow ( Image: Adam Hughes / SWNS) The number of Covid deaths are... Read more »

Omicron could lead to more hospitalisations than last January without ‘Plan C’

Social mixing and people travelling between cities rose sharply after the second UK lockdown, before suddenly falling a few days before Christmas 2020, according to new research. Researchers at the University of Southampton’s... Read more »