Average daily hospital admissions in England of people with Covid-19 have dropped below 1,000 for the first time in two months. The seven-day average stood at 950 admissions on May 1, NHS England figures show.
This is down 25% on the previous week. Admissions are now less than half of what they were at the peak of the Omicron BA.2 wave of infections, when they hit an average of 2,116 at the end of March.
The last time the number dipped below 1,000 was at the end of February, just after the initial Omicron wave. The figures come after separate data confirmed Covid-19 is not as prevalent as it has been in recent weeks, although infection levels remain high by historic standards.
