A thread on Hospital data from yesterday's @IndependentSage briefing.
Firstly, hospital admissions are coming down reflecting the falls in cases.
We have only just come below the first wave peak though so admission rates are still high. We clearly need further declines. 1/
Firstly, hospital admissions are coming down reflecting the falls in cases.
We have only just come below the first wave peak though so admission rates are still high. We clearly need further declines. 1/
It's a similar picture across England's regions with all regions admissions now falling. The regions which were placed into tier four first (London, South East, East) appear to have had their peaks in hospitalisation first as well, with other regions turning the corner later. 2/
Hospital occupancy is still high (higher than the first wave peak) but is coming down.
We will continue to see it fall in the coming weeks (reflecting falls in admissions and cases) but we need it to come way, way down.
We will continue to see it fall in the coming weeks (reflecting falls in admissions and cases) but we need it to come way, way down.
Just focussing on admissions and occupancy masks a more troubling situation in the critical care units.
Here's a short thread which takes a bit of a closer look at what critical care bed occupancy really means.
Here's a short thread which takes a bit of a closer look at what critical care bed occupancy really means.
https://twitter.com/Kit_Yates_Maths/status/1358019264679190531?s=20
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