It comes just two days after the editors of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the Health Service Journal (HSJ) - two of the country's leading health publications - called for curbs to control the spread of the virus.
Just one in 50 infected patients are currently on ventilators, with overall levels just a tenth of that seen at the peak of the pandemic. Leading commentators said the figures prove the country can handle Covid in its current form without needing to hit the panic button, given that intensive care units never 'came under pressure'. MailOnline analysis shows rates are now dropping in each region, plunging by as much as a fifth in the South East - one of the first areas to see pressure ease off. Others have raised the prospect of limits on social gatherings, similar to harsh policies adopted during the darkest spell of the pandemic.īut NHS England data shows admissions - considered to be a more reliable indicator of the virus's trajectory than cases - actually began to fall 10 days ago.
Covid hospitalisations have now peaked in every region of England, official figures suggest amid calls for No10 to bring back economically-crippling curbs to control the outbreak.Įxperts have already urged ministers to reintroduce mask mandates and working from home rules in response to estimates that up to one in 20 people were infected last week.
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