Deaths linked to #Covid19 in Wales have been trending down for about 6 weeks and currently 93% lower than this time last year.
With significant rises in cases and daily figures those reported with a positive test - total deaths from all causes will be a better metric this winter
The positivity rate in Wales is highest in Rhondda Cynon Taf where 51.6% of tests carried out in the 7 days to 28 Dec coming back positive.
A further 129 patients definitely or probably caught #Covid19 in Welsh hospitals in the w/e 26 Dec - up from 62 in previous week
Takes the total to 8,720 since the start of the pandemic
🚨🚨 @Anna_Soubry - ‘The terrible misinformation being spread...which is blatant lies. We know the overwhelming majority of people in hospital on the covid wards... are people unvaccinated’
FACT CHECK ❌
➡️ Latest data - 46% of patients admitted with Covid unvaccinated
If Anna Soubry is going to go on Sky News attacking misinformation and saying tough measures should be taken against it then she seriously needs to get her maths correct.
It is quite frankly embarrassing for her to say what she did and get the numbers wrong.
🚨🚨 Latest Denmark data shows unvaccinated make up a smaller proportion of #Covid19 admissions with #Omicron than previous variants
➡️ Of the 454 with known vaccination status, 24% of admissions unvaccinated vs 45% for previous variants.
➡️ Omicron is also less likely to result in a hospital admission - remember these numbers include people who are admitted with Covid-19 but may be treated for other things.
Also includes those who catch the variant in hospital.
It may be that there is a higher proportion of people who are vaccinated in hospital with Omicron because its a milder variant and we are just picking up people in hospital with it rather than for it.
Vaccination rates higher in older people who need treatment for other things.
As more people catch Omicron, it is important we distinguish between those admitted because of the virus and those who have Covid-19, but the reason for hospital treatment is something else.
If we look at the average admissions per day from early December, the total number of children in hospital remained flat until the middle of December and has since fallen, no doubt linked to the Christmas period and fewer admissions for some planned medical procedures.
🚨🚨 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.
#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)