The number of patients in hospital with Covid is rising, but how can we tell if they have been admitted because of the virus?
The number of patients in hospital with Covid is rising, but not all are admitted because of Covid.
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals in England, has cautioned against overinterpreting hospital admissions data. “What our guys are saying is that incidental cases are about 25% to 30% of cases arriving … They are seeing an increase in the number of hospital admissions, but it’s not going up in an exponential way,” he said.