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15 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Attached is the seven-day rolling rate on a log scale of hospital admissions by age group. As expected, hospitalisations remain lowest among children and teenagers. But what is striking, and concerning, is that hospitalisations in the categories 0-5 and 6-17 are back at…
at their peak levels and are still rising. Remember these hospitalisations lag by at least a week, and probably a bit longer, surging infections (the PM’s prediction there would be 50k daily infections on « freedom » day 19 July almost came true today). As I say, this is…
a log scale so in a visual sense it overstates the hospitalisations of and risks to children. But it is a reminder that Covid-19 can be serious even for the youngest.
PS it is the hospital admissions rate per 100,000 people

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