The COVID Diaries – 262 11th January
The head of the National Health Service in England has told MPs that the spread of Covid-19 is out of control in many parts of the country.
Simon Stevens told the Public Accounts Committee: “We are facing an incredibly serious situation. We have more than 30,000 severely ill coronavirus patients in hospitals across England.
“That is up by 13,000 just since Christmas Day. In London perhaps one in 30 people has the coronavirus, in parts of London, it may be twice that number and if you look across other regions of England. The issue is the coronavirus is once again on the rise, in Merseyside for example, in just the last week, there has been a further 50 per cent, increase in the number of Covid hospitalisations.”