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Originally Posted by Pierre

641 - 8th October

462 - 30th September

So an increase of 28%, but an increase all the same, but compared to the peak figure

3,564 - 1st April, only 18% of peak.

Nightingale hospitals on standby?

8th October - 436 on ventilators.

10th April - 3,301 on ventilators. Bearing in mind that during the peak we didn’t out weigh ventilator capacity, so we still have at the very least 7.5 x capacity we are currently using.

Covid patients in hospital 9th October- 3,788

Covid patients in hospital at peak - 21,209 = 5.5 x capacity being used, considering we didn’t use the nightingales, putting them on “standby“ helps fuel a narrative.

Oh and the last one deaths.

Still well below 100, not been above 100 Since July.

The data is there for all.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/healthcare

I’ll wait another week. See what happens.

There is a geographical element to all of this too though - the FT is reporting that Liverpool's intensive care hospitals there are 95% full. Looks like the nearest Nightingale (Manchester) can't open soon enough.

The three hospitals that make up the trust have been divided into coronavirus and non-coronavirus wards. There are currently only two beds available out of 60 across the sites for patients not suffering from Covid-19 but in need of ventilation, according to one senior doctor. “We’ve got plenty of ventilators but we don’t have the beds,” the doctor added. “There’s a feeling of dread at the moment.”

In a letter seen by the Financial Times, GPs in Liverpool have been warned that the city’s two biggest hospitals are “full” and encouraged to consider “stepped up care at home” for some patients, to avoid hospital admissions.

https://www.ft.com/content/53272e22-...4-004d0328fdfa