- Covid: Number of patients on ventilators passes 4,000 for first time Archived Message
Posted by Tomski
on January 23, 2021, 10:05 pm
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I think they are right, it looks critical. With nurses and medical staff facing the brunt at this point. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55782716 The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic. A total of 4,076 Covid patients were on hospital ventilators as of Friday, according to government data. That is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April. It comes as another 1,348 deaths and 33,552 new infections were reported on Saturday. The UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told a Downing Street news briefing on Friday: "The death rate's awful and it's going to stay, I'm afraid, high for a little while before it starts coming down." 'We've lost five patients in a single shift' UK variant 'may be more deadly' 'Record number' of Covid hospital transfers Covid epidemic shrinking but remains 'precarious' Meanwhile, new figures show that a record number of seriously-ill Covid patients are being transferred from over-stretched hospitals because of a lack of bed space. About 1 in 10 patients admitted to intensive care are being sent to a different site, according to the body which audits critical care services. In a series of reports in the past week, the BBC's Clive Myrie has been to a mortuary and the Royal London Hospital, where 12 out of 15 floors are occupied by Covid patients and staff are struggling to cope. Martin Freeborn's wife Helen, 64, died with Covid-19 at the hospital shortly before he spoke to the BBC. Mr Freeborn urged people to "be over-careful" in taking precautions to stay safe from the virus because "you don't want this to happen". "Nobody wants to go through this... Don't end up like us, please," he added. Etc. |
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