An average of 344 patients are admitted to a hospital in England per day with flu, while last year in the corresponding period the admissions were 31 on average
London, Thanasis Gavos
Against average 344 patients were admitted to a hospital in England with flu every day last week, according to figures from the NHS.
In the corresponding period last year, imports were 31 per day on average.
Almost 19 out of 20 general and acute care beds were occupied last week.
It makes the situation more difficult to manage the absence of NHS staff; with around 360,000 of them sick or in isolation due to Covid.
NHS leaders they warn of a difficult winter due to the threat from a “tridemia” which they are dealing with, namely the ongoing cases of COVID-19, the flu and the record demand on the emergency and emergency services of the health system.
Indicatively, according to information from Sky News, there are concerns about the adequacy of beds in pediatric Intensive Care Units in some parts of England. It is believed that there were only 33 children’s ICU beds available across England last Thursday.
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