we saw this during december until christmas, and now approaching 4 million people infected with covid. this is different from the daily figures we get because this is surveillance programme, estimated from the random sample they are testing. but when you think about the peak last winter, when just over i million people were infected at that peak, you can see just how high infection levels are, and even though it is causing milder illness, as we have been discussing, we re seeing those pressures on hospitals increasing. the health secretary sajid javid has been speaking to reporters after a visit to a hospital in central london. he says the nhs is in for a tough few weeks i have been meeting with the staff at king s college hospital in london, hearing about the excellent work they have been doing in caring
moment for a long time. i can literally not stress how much i ve missed being able to go out and just dance, and have a life. - however, the delta variant was quickly spreading. infections began to rise again, as well as hospitalisations. there s been no summer let up. and now another covid surge is developing. king s college hospital in london, like many others, is treating more covid patients and they re younger. one of them is henry, who s 28. he became ill a few days before he was due to have a first vaccine dose. i felt like i was dying. you feel your heads full of glass, you ve got horrendous headache. youi’ eyes are sore. so, every time you re breathing in, you re expecting to be able to breathe in so much more. you just can t, and there s nothing there to get back to it. so, before the ambulance arrived, it was terrifying because you didn t know when your last breath was going to be. in this covid ward, there s
still very mild, not quite as mild, perhaps, in scotland on friday, but 16 17 celsius towards the southeast and east anglia. why is it so mild? it s because the air is coming all the way from the tropics, these southerly winds bringing in higher temperatures, a lot of cloud, ahead of these weather fronts, an area of low pressure that s focusing the wet weather more towards the northwest of the uk. you are going to be seeing in the new year, away from here, there s a good chance it s going to be dry, and all areas will be exceptionally mild. we ve still got some wet weather to come on new year s day. more towards northern ireland, northwest england and scotland, that is pushing away towards the northeast. it s brightening up during the day with some sunshine, a few showers coming in. quite a windy day, i think, on saturday, but, of course, it will be very mild everywhere, 1a celsius in glasgow, 16 celsius in london.
as well as hospitalisations. there s been no summer let up. and now, another covid surge is developing. king s college hospital in london, like many others, is treating more covid patients and they re younger. one of them is henry, who s 28. he became ill a few days before he was due to have a first vaccine dose. i felt like i was dying. you feel your heads full of glass, you ve got horrendous headache. youi’ eyes are sore. so every time you re breathing in, you re expecting to be able to breathe in so much more. you just can t, and there s nothing there to get back to it. so before the ambulance arrived, it was terrifying because you didn t know when your last breath was going to be. in this covid ward, there s a range of different ages. 80% of the patients here have not had a first dose of the vaccine. of the rest, some have immune conditions which might make the vaccines less effective. doctors here say the pressure
it s felt like a dream, like, we ve all waited for this moment for a long time. i can literally not stress how much i ve missed being able to go out and just dance, and have a life. - however, the delta variant was quickly spreading. infections began to rise again, as well as hospitalisations. there s been no summer let up. and now, another covid surge is developing. king s college hospital in london, like many others, is treating more covid patients and they re younger. one of them is henry, who s 28. he became ill a few days before he was due to have a first vaccine dose. i felt like i was dying. you feel your heads full of glass, you ve got horrendous headache. youi’ eyes are sore. so every time you re breathing in, you re expecting to be able to breathe in so much more. you just can t, and there s nothing there to get back to it. so before the ambulance arrived, it was terrifying because you didn t know when your last breath