Around one in 10 hospital beds in Greater Manchester are currently occupied by patients with Covid, the latest figures have revealed. It comes as experts warn a new variant dubbed 'the Kraken' could become one of the dominant strains in the UK.
On Friday (January 13) around 11 per cent of Greater Manchester's approximately 5,000 hospital beds were occupied by patients with coronavirus. There are also 354 people in 'general and acute' hospital beds and 22 in 'critical care' beds with flu.
In total, 97 per cent of Greater Manchester's hospital beds are currently occupied. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News earlier this week an A&E doctor in Greater Manchester delays in discharging patients meant they were more likely to catch Covid or flu while in hospital.
