How long since the cases started rising significantly - about a week? If so, one to keep an eye on over the next 10 to 14 days
BOLTON HOSPITAL DA
Which is why I pointed out the one or two week lag from cases to hospitalisation to ventilator to death.
But the spike in Bolton was not terribly big.
On 7 May it had 0 admissions.
3 4 or 5 were admitted over the next week
Over the next week 9 was the highest.
The big week was 24 - 30 May (latest data) where for two days it was 10 then 14 (the ONLY double figure day admissions in the past months). Since it has been 6 - 3 - 8 - 1 - 3
On 7 May there were 14 in hospital in Bolton - a week later it was 20 - 7 days on 30.
2 from London, 2 from Yorkshire and 1 from Midlands.
The 1 from the NW was in Tameside.
Last week was 6 with 1 also. Wks before 11 with 2 and 25 with 1.
It peaked at 49 on 27 May and fell daily to 42 on 1 Jun (latest data)
There were 3 on ventilators for the first 12 days of May. Then 5 up to 19 May. It rose steadily to 12 by 30 May
1 June number is 11.
Ventillations lagged admissions as you see and as expected. But seem to have peaked like patients did hopefully.
As for deaths:-
There were 7 Covid deaths in Bolton in the month of May.
In April there were 4.
In March 24.
In February 69.
In January 105
In the first week on June there have been 3
So there is clearly an increase driven by the patients rise but even if it continues to rise due to the lag beyond ventilation numbers then at 3 a week more or less the likely peak it will be nowhere near the 105 in the January wave.
Because of the age of those catching it, of course.
Bolton is showing cases are the issue from the new variant and hospitalisations much less so
But more cases means more of the latter and the ICU and death numbers.
But it looks pretty clear these will not go close to the levels we saw in January unless something unforseem happens.
As in a pandemic it might.