Thursday, March 24th, 2022, 5:20 pm
UK Data: Over 17,000 in Hospital With COVID-19 and the Number Only Rises
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LMOST APRIL already and it has been 2 years since lock-downs began here in the UK. The numbers of COVID-19-linked deaths are higher this week than they were the same week in 2020. Going by the official government figures…
Yesterday the NHS reported 16,975 people in hospital with COVID-19. The number continues to climb each day. The last time we saw a decrease was almost 3 weeks ago:
23-03-2022 16,975
22-03-2022 16,760
21-03-2022 16,350
20-03-2022 15,565
19-03-2022 15,113
18-03-2022 15,046
17-03-2022 14,816
16-03-2022 14,375
15-03-2022 14,210
14-03-2022 13,705
13-03-2022 12,954
12-03-2022 12,578
11-03-2022 12,267
10-03-2022 12,099
09-03-2022 11,907
08-03-2022 11,798
07-03-2022 11,479
06-03-2022 11,007
-> 05-03-2022 10,862
04-03-2022 10,864
03-03-2022 10,670
02-03-2022 10,818
Deaths have increased 22.2% in the past week alone:
24-03-2022 165
23-03-2022 194
22-03-2022 250
21-03-2022 169
18-03-2022 126
17-03-2022 138
16-03-2022 153
15-03-2022 200
14-03-2022 135
11-03-2022 114
10-03-2022 142
09-03-2022 123
08-03-2022 212
07-03-2022 139
04-03-2022 110
03-03-2022 194
02-03-2022 74
01-03-2022 194
Take the median or sliding average to see the increase, in spite of the NHS altering the definitions to make the numbers seem smaller than they really are.
In terms of the number of new cases, it seems to be the worst Thursday since January.
