“We cannot be complacent – the drop is slow and numbers could quickly move the other way if we started to ease off. That’s why it’s so important to keep following the rules, as challenging as that is for everyone."
Despite the good news, the number of free critical care beds in Norfolk is still worryingly low, with 21 available as of January 24 – a slight improvement on the 14 available the week before.
Patients in critical care beds in Norfolk reached record highs on January 22 – when 82 patients needed life-saving treatment.
Coronavirus patients continue to make up around a third of all patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in King's Lynn. Meanwhile numbers have dropped at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and James Paget University Hospital (JPUH), where virus patients now make up around a quarter of the total.