is the around about five million adults who have not yet had a first dose of vaccine, and i think there is the danger that even if cases are not going up significantly, they could be sustained in those communities where uptake is not significant. up until last weekend, hospital admissions in september in england had been running at between 600 and 900 a day. scientific modelers have looked at a range of scenarios. they say the figure could get to 2,000 even with some measures in place. in a more extreme scenario, they say the figure could even be 7,000 a day, but this would assume no interventions, and a lot would depend on people's behaviour. the warnings of rising hospital covid cases come as the nhs is already facing intense pressure. there are record patient numbers, with a range of conditions and not just virus—related. emergency departments and acute units are really struggling, so our concern is, if there is another increase in the number of covid patients