the 29th december at almost 225,000 cases. this is also reflected in our hospitalisation data. here you can see that we have reached case numbers of less than 20,000 cases in hospital in the uk, again, less than half the peak we saw last december and january, 2020 and 2021. it is also important to note there are only 703 patients in mechanical ventilator beds, and that s a level as low as lastjuly when we also opened up in this country. it is also much, much lower than we saw in the wave last january. this is reflecting our high levels of vaccination in the population and also the reduced severity we have seen with omicron. here we can show the amazing progress we have made
then, what data is going to be announced today? then, what data is going to be announced today? i cannot speak on the data that announced today? i cannot speak on the data that is announced today? i cannot speak on the data that is going announced today? i cannot speak on the data that is going to announced today? i cannot speak on the data that is going to be - the data that is going to be announced today. i had not seen the most up to date data, but it is not clear what the hospitalisation rates are per omicron. find clear what the hospitalisation rates are per omicron. are per omicron. and the fatalities as well? yes. are per omicron. and the fatalities as well? yes, we are per omicron. and the fatalities as well? yes, we will are per omicron. and the fatalities as well? yes, we will get - are per omicron. and the fatalities as well? yes, we will get the - as well? yes, we will get the hospitalisation as well? yes, we will get the hospitalisation data - as well? ye
something you could replicate here necessarily. also from the south african necessarily. also from the south african data, their age groups are very different from a lot of major factors very different from a lot of major factors as very different from a lot of major factors as well so reading across data it factors as well so reading across data it needs to be done with very strong data it needs to be done with very strong care. on mortality, we do have strong care. on mortality, we do have hospitalisation data from south africa, have hospitalisation data from south africa, the have hospitalisation data from south africa, the rates of hospitalisations are going up relatively fast, on mortality we do not yet relatively fast, on mortality we do not yet have data and that is because not yet have data and that is because it is so recent and of course, because it is so recent and of course, as because it is so recent and of course, as everybody knows, there is a lag
you think. sorry, carry on. other data going you think. sorry, carry on. other data going up you think. sorry, carry on. other data going on or you think. sorry, carry on. other data going up or down? you think. sorry, carry on. other data going up or down? the - data going up or down? the hospitalisation data are going up slowly, but the point is they are going up and we have learned with exponential growth that even though it is slow to begin with, it gets faster and faster until you do something, and we also know that there is a lag period between cases and hospitalisations, but presumably the secretary of state has data he will share with us so we understand the confidence about where we will be on july the the confidence about where we will be onjuly the 9th, but i think throughout the pandemic i have learnt to be cautious about predicting the future. haifa learnt to be cautious about predicting the future. learnt to be cautious about ”redictin the future. ., ., , ., pred
were seeing earlier, and there may be a much lower hospitalisation rate, but we know that the delta variant among unvaccinated people is about 85% more likely to put you in hospital. you have to take into account that many more people are vaccinated, and that is good news, but if you look at the entire population, we are still only at about half of the population fully vaccinated. we are a long way off getting to full vaccination, and about 20% of the population, under 18s, we are not even vaccinating at all at the minute. the key point is, other data going up or down? it is fine to say that the hospitalisation data are going up slowly, but the point is that they are going up, and i think we have learned with exponential growth that even though they go up slowly to begin, they get faster and faster until you do something about them, and we also know that there is a lag period between cases and hospitalisations.