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COVID-19 daily new patients

Last updated on Wednesday, 12 February 2025 at 10:31am

Summary

Topic
COVID-19
Category
healthcare
API name
COVID-19_healthcare_admissionByDay

Rationale

Understanding rates and patterns of hospital admissions can help to inform planning around hospital pressures including beds and staffing.

Definition

This metric shows the daily count of confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital.

Methodology

This data counts people who are in a hospital bed with COVID-19 as at 08:00 on the day of reporting.

These figures include people admitted to NHS acute hospitals and mental health and learning disability (MHLD) trusts

NHS England publishes updates on the second Thursday of each month. These cover data for the previous month.

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