London has the best medical services in the UK. Today the Mayor of London declared a "major incident" fearing the health service will be overwhelmed by a surge in Covid cases. He says the virus is out of control. In some parts of the city 1 in 20 are infected.
Sadiq Khan says he wants to see compulsory wearing of face masks, including outdoors
London Ambulance Service is taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, compared to 5,500 on a typical busy day.
The number of Covid cases in London has "exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 people", according to the Mayors office
The number of patients in London hospitals went up by27% over the eight days to yesterday. the number on ventilators went up 42% in that period. there are 7,034 people in London hospitals now - 35% more than the previous peak in April.
London hospital admissions are running at 830 a day now, compared to circa 500 a day before Christmas. Admission numbers are expected to rise further over the next two weeks.
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