Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeNearly 5,000 people each day could be admitted to hospital with Covid after England rushes back to normality, scientists have warned. Ministers have approved lifting the final remaining lockdown restrictions from July 19. (Image: AFP via Getty Images)The Times reports warnings from scientists that if England rushes back to normality up to 4,800 people a day could be admitted to hospital with coronavirus. Their data suggests that hospital admissions could be kept below 1,000 a day if a return to normality is staggered over three to five months. But one model is said to have warned of a risk of 4,800 a day if 'normal contact patterns resumed' over the coming month.

Source: Daily Mirror July 13, 2021 03:12 UTC