#Covid19 deaths continue to fall in the UK (see next tweet). There was a huge backlog to catch up on reporting over Xmas to the Daily Mirror create another huge misleading headline.
Regular occurrence for them at the moment.
Latest deaths when you look at when they occur not reported shown in this chart (bottom line)
🚨🚨 33% of patients with #Covid19 in acute hospitals in England are in for other reasons but happen to have Covid.
➡️ This has increased from around 25% since mid-Dec.
The % across all hospital settings could be as high as 42%.
I had included to this metric patients who catch Covid-19 within hospitals as the NHS website says this number (33%) relates to those who catch Covid-19 in the community.
Today they have confirmed it also includes those who catch in hospital. I have asked them to update website
The 33% relates only to those in acute hospitals. Acute care is where a patient receives active, short-term treatment for a condition.
There are patients with Covid-19 in settings such as community or mental hospitals. It is less likely patients here are being treated for Covid.