HOSPITAL DATA
Summary:
As you can below the fall in patients was modest today - 40 versus 85 last week - to just over 1600 in hospital in England now.
But the fall in ventilators was better at 24 versus 21 last week. Now under 250 in England - and London went below 100 finally today - so no nation or England region now has a three figure number of Covid patients on ventilators.
And the UK under has 1900 in hospital with Covid and under 300 on ventilators.
In the England regions London was up a little but Yorkshire and the North West both had the largest falls - though modest at 17 patients each they are only around 250 in hospital each now.
The NW was last lower in patients on 13 September - ahead of the national picture. They were last lower on ventilators on 15 September - also ahead of the national numbers.
UK total:
Patients down to 1876 - it was 39, 248 at the peak on 18 Jan - (fall of 37, 372 in 93 days) :- lowest since 24 September
Ventilators down to 277 it was 4077 at the peak on 24 Jan - (fall of 3800 in 87 days) : lowest since 27 September
England only:-
ADMISSIONS:-
138 Covid admissions (16 April) following 112, 135, 148, 127. 156, 153, 173 in the week before.
PATIENTS:-
Patients down by 40 to 1609 v 1972 last week :- lowest since 24 September
Peak was 34, 336 on 18 Jan (fall 32, 727 in 93 days)
Ventilators: down 24 to 249 v 315 last week :- lowest since 28 September
Peak was 3736 on 24 Jan (fall 3487 in 87 days)
Regions:
Patient // Ventilators // change in past day to today and v last week
East down 3 to 178 v 181 // stays at 15 v 20
London UP 14 to 453 v 513// down 11 to 96 v 106
Midlands UP 1 to 301 v 364 // UP 1 to 51 v 64
NE & Yorks down 17 to 253 v 348 // down 7 to 34 v 52
North West down 17 to 247 v 358 // down 6 to 31 v 46
South East down 15 to 109 v 138 // down 1 to 15 v 13
South West down 3 to 68 v 70 // stays at 7 v 14