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Covid: Number of patients on ventilators passes 4,000 for first time – BBC News
Pressures on intensive care units are seeing one in 10 patients transferred to a different site.
By Mary O’Connor & John HandBBC News
The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic.
A total of 4,076 Covid patients were in ventilator beds as of Friday,
according to government data.
That is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.
It comes as another 1,348 deaths and 33,552 new infections were reported on Saturday.
The UK’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told a Downing…
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