Less than two in five COVID-19 hospital patients in England are being treated primarily for the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, according to the National Health Service (NHS).
The latest figures show that there were 13,645 patients with COVID-19 in NHS England’s acute trusts on April 19, around 39.8 percent (5,434) were primarily treated for the disease, the lowest portion since the figures were published in June 2021.
The percentage of COVID-19 patients primarily treated for the disease was at almost 80 percent in June 2021. It remained largely stable until December 2021, with the figure dropping to around 75 percent, before starting a steep fall at around the same time the more infectious less severe Omicron variant was found in the UK.
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