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The average length of a hospital stay for Covid patients over the age of 80 in the UK has more than halved in a major boost for the NHS, figures suggest.
During the third wave, from May 1 last year, over 80s were usually hospitalised for 11 days.
But since December 1 – and the onset of the Omicron wave – they have typically required a bed for around just five days.
It is a similar story for those in the 50 to 69 and the 70 to 79 categories. During the third wave, those aged 70 to 79 required a hospital bed for eight days and those aged 50 to 69 for seven days. Now they too are on five days.
Th average length of a hospital stay for Covid patients over the age of 80 in the UK has more than halved. Pictured: Ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel
During the third wave, those aged 70 to 79 required a hospital bed for eight days and those aged 50 to 69 for seven days
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