Nearly 10,000 virus patients are in hospital, with 978 in ventilator beds. The rise in infections will heap more pressure on the NHS, with growing concern it could soon be overwhelmed. An NHS England report, which helped prompt Mr Johnson’s lockdown U-turn, says hospitals in some areas could run out of space “within two weeks”. The news comes as scientists warn that virus deaths could hit 4,000 a day if a worst-case scenario plays out. Labour’s shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said the “NHS needs to be given the resources to keep patients safe” after “ten years of Tory underfunding”.

Source: Daily Mirror October 31, 2020 21:55 UTC