He adds: "We have seen a doubling in number of ICU beds in 13 days. "If you play that growth rate forward you get to 304 people in ICU beds in 22 days time, that would be above the peak of the first wave when we have 302 people in ICU beds." Weekly average Covid-19 hospital admissions in the north-east and Yorkshire fell to a pandemic low of seven midway through August. The north-west has also been badly hit by recent spikes in confirmed cases and consequently hospital admissions. In the north-west, the weekly average of hospital admissions fell to a low of eight on 15 August and rose to 130 by 2 October.

Source: Daily Mirror October 08, 2020 16:27 UTC