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June 5, 2021
LONDON: A majority of major hospital trusts in England are continuing to average no Covid-19 admissions, though a handful of trusts in virus hotspots are showing a small rise in numbers, new analysis shows.
It comes as health experts warn that the Covid-19 variant that originated in India, also known as the Delta variant, may lead to an increased risk of hospital admission. Some 278 people with the Indian variant attended A&Es in England in the past week, resulting in 94 people being admitted to hospital overnight, according to Public Health England (PHE).
This compares with 201 A&E attendances in the previous week, with 43 admissions. However the majority of admissions continue to be people who have not been vaccinated, PHE said.
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Boris Johnson today said the NHS would get all the funding it needs to get through the Covid backlog as the number of people on the waiting list hit a record 4.7million.
The Prime Minister pledged to help the health service back to its feet as data for England today showed that 400,000 people have waited over a year for surgery.
And the proportion of cancer patients who hadn t been treated within the two month target after being diagnosed has also jumped to a record 30.3 per cent.
Medics said NHS England s performance figures laid bare the true toll of the Covid pandemic on hospitals, which were forced to turf out patients with other illnesses during the national lockdowns.