Due to the increase in hospital admissions, the number of newly reported Covid-19 cases in the UK has dropped for the sixth consecutive day UK According to official data.
As of 9 a.m. on Monday, the UK has recorded another 24,950 laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 cases. government Indicates that this is lower than the 46,558 cases reported on July 20.
at the same time, National Health Service Data shows that a total of 5,055 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized in the UK on Monday.
This is an increase of 33% from the previous week, the highest level since March 18, but still far below the level of the second wave of pandemics.
Dr. Mike Tildesley, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modeling Team (Spi-M) who advised the Minister, explained that it would take several weeks for the number of cases in the community to be reflected in the number of hospitalizations.
There is a time lag between infection and admission, which means that regardless of the number of cases, the number of admissions may increase in the next few days.
He said it will take a few more weeks to see the impact of the easing of restrictions in England on July 19.
The infectious disease expert said the closure of schools during the summer may be a reason for the decline in Covid-19 cases across the country.
According to the “Daily Telegraph” citing leaked data, more than half of Covid hospitalized patients were patients who tested positive later.
According to the paper, data leaked by the NHS Trust Agency in the United Kingdom showed that as of Thursday, only 44% of patients classified as Covid hospitalized had tested positive on admission.
A spokesperson on the 10th said that the decline in coronavirus cases was “encouraging”, but the number is expected to continue to rise, adding that “the prime minister believes that we are not out of trouble”.
Boris Johnson After contacting the Minister of Health, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak are expected to complete a 10-day quarantine by the end of Monday Sajid Javid Who has tested positive for Covid-19.
The prime minister is expected to come forward on official duties after self-isolating at his Checkers country house on Tuesday.
All three were among the people who wrote to them by health leaders who warned that the NHS is now as stretched as it was at the height of the pandemic in January.
NHS Providers, which represents the hospital trust, said that the health service sector is facing multiple pressures, and the situation will get worse before it improves.
It called on ministers to make the “right decision” next month, as it finalized the NHS funding for the second half of the current fiscal year.
The government stated that if the NHS Covid-19 app or Test and Trace notify them as a person with coronavirus.
The new sites bring the total to 2,000, and these sites can also be used by qualified key workers in the food industry, transportation workers, border guard staff, and frontline police and fire departments.
On this occasion, several departments warned that because people were told to self-quarantine, the “plague” caused a shortage of personnel.
At the same time, continued US restrictions on international travel dashed the hopes of British holidaymakers to cross the Atlantic this summer.
The current regulations related to Covid-19 mean that most European travelers (including those from the United Kingdom) cannot enter the United States. The Associated Press reported that these restrictions will not be lifted due to the prevalence of variants of the coronavirus in Europe.
