[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Never pass up the opportunity to swing the lead, as they say.

I doubt that to be accurate. in UK terms there are 141,000 available beds.

UK COVID data states 17,988 people are in hospital with COVID, that is 63% of 28,552.

I know the 63% was an England figure but if that was transposed to the UK, (which wouldn't be that far off) that would mean there are only 28,552 people in hospital total.

We wouldn't be screaming NHS crisis if that was the case as the whole system would only be at 20% capacity.

I had a quick look at the article. The headline in the article is wrong, the full sentence makes sense:

Of the 13,045 patients with coronavirus in NHS hospital trusts in England on January 4, 8,200 (63%) were being treated primarily for Covid-19, according to new figures from NHS England.