Covid-19 UK: Winter wave picks up pace as hospital admissions soar by a third

Covid-19 UK: Winter wave picks up pace as hospital admissions soar by a third England's Covid hospitalisations have surged by a third in a week, official figures revealed today amid warnings that the NHS will be battered by flu.

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) figures show 965 coronavirus patients were admitted on Monday, up from 724 the week before.

And separate Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures today showed there were 1.1million infected with the virus on any given day in the week up to December 5.  The Daily Mail

See also:

• Flu hospital admission rates shoot up to overtake Covid BBC News
• Cold and flu sickness days overtake Covid-19 as a cause for absence from work, figures show The Daily Mail