Covid infections soared by two-thirds in England last week with 211,100 new ...
Covid infections soared by two-thirds in England last week with 211,100 new cases in highest number since February — but there are TEN times fewer patients in hospital now than in second wave Office for National Statistics swabbing estimated there were 211,100 Covid cases in England last week This is the highest number since late February near the end of the second wave when there were 248,100 But there were also 10,633 Covid patients in hospital at this time, compared to 1,332 last week
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England's Covid outbreak soared by two-thirds last week, but there were ten times fewer patients in hospital than the last time infections spiralled to this level.
Office for National Statistics random swabbing of a tenth of a million people predicted there were now 211,100 cases in the country, up 72 per cent on the previous week and the highest number since late February.
But statistics showed there are now far fewer patients in hospital in a sure sign vaccines are working. There were
