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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Batchelor

Covid hospital admissions fall below 1,000 for first time in nearly two months as Omicron wave recedes

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Daily hospital admissions for Covid patients have fallen below 1,000 for the first time in nearly two months as the surge in cases triggered by the highly transmissible Omicron variant recedes.

Latest NHS data shows there were 989 people admitted to hospitals in England on Sunday and 996 on Saturday. The last time this figure was three figures was on 19 December, when there were 926 hospitalisations.

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