Britain’s Covid epidemic could already be on the rebound, and infections are now starting to creep back up following what appears to have been a reversal of Omicron crises.
Today’s UK Health Security Agency chiefs recorded 88,447 positive results, an increase of 5% over last week. This marks the second consecutive week of an increase in infections.
Although there are still questions about the exact trajectory of the epidemic, hospital admissions continue to decline as do deaths.
Britain today posted 56 deaths — down by a third on last Monday’s toll. Meanwhile, another 1,967 Covid-infected patients required NHS care on Tuesday — a fall of 17 per cent, according to the most up-to-date UK-wide statistics.
Due to the fact that it is possible for some people to develop severe illness after being infected with HIV, both of these measures should continue falling for the next few days. Britain’s Omicron wave fell at the beginning of January and then reverted to normal in the middle of February.
Despite the extremely-transmissible variant sending cases to pandemic highs, the number of Covid patients on ventilators has barely risen throughout the wave and is now at a six-month low, illustrating how mild the Omicron wave is compared to previous surges.
The number of people receiving breathalysing support in England yesterday was 521, which is seven times less than it was at the peak of last year’s second wave.
Natural immunity, vaccines and Omicron variants have all helped to break the impenetrable link between severe illnesses and infections.
Ministers are confident that the hospitals will be able to eliminate Plan B curbs from England starting Thursday. Boris Johnson, however, has indicated his willingness to repeal all Covid laws before the spring. Face masks and work from home guidance in secondary schools were already dropped.
Sajid Javid (Health Secretary) said that Omicron data was promising in the UK. This is in contrast to influenza.
Officials from the World Health Organization warned that there is no comparison between the two virus types. Covid special envoy Dr David Nabarro of the Agency said Covid was still “very, very deadly”. He also stated that it should not be confused with flu. We must continue to treat it like a novel virus.





Figures from the UK Health Security Agency show 3.7 per cent of hospitalised patients in England (524 of 14,334) are on ventilators, the lowest rate recorded since the pandemic began. By comparison, 18% of all hospitalized patients last June were admitted to intensive care.

UKHSA data shows ventilation numbers have dropped from an average of 790 per day to 570 per day, showing despite the unprecedented surge in cases that saw more than 200,000 Britons test positive per day, people are not becoming as unwell from the now-dominant strain. Some 14,334 people in England were in hospital yesterday (red line), while 524 were on ventilators
According to the latest NHS data, 14,334 English citizens were hospitalized yesterday by coronavirus. That’s 2.4x lower than last year’s peak, which had 34,336 people with this virus infected and required NHS treatment on January 18.
But the difference in the number of patients on ventilators was even more stark, with 524 Covid-infected patients across England requiring breathing support — roughly seven times lower than the 3,736 logged on January 24 last year, before the vaccine rollout.
This is the lowest figure since July 18th, when 512 Covid patients were in England on ventilators. The dominant Delta variant prevailed.
Omicron’s arrival at the end November has seen ventilation drop from 790 per hour to 570 daily.
Patients need ventilators as their last option for breathing support. These figures don’t show how many patients require support via other devices to assist them in breathing, like CPAP machines.
According to the latest figures, 61% of those admitted to ICU last month with Covid were not vaccinated.
Just 3.7% are currently on ventilators in England, which is the lowest number since the start of the pandemic. Comparatively, mechanical breathing support was required by 18.8 percent of hospitalized patients last June.
Jabs are being celebrated for their ability to reduce the likelihood of catching the disease and the severity of the consequences. In other words, fewer people have to go to hospital or die due to the virus than the total number who become infected.
A majority of Britons 12+ are double-jabbed. Approximately six to ten percent have taken a third.
According to the Office for National Statistics, 97% of UK adults are infected with Covid antibodies.
Growing immunity, large case numbers and the milder Omicron variant have also seen a rise in ‘incidental’ hospital admissions — patients who are in hospital for something else but also have Covid.
NHS England has updated its most recent figures to show that 47.9% of Covid patients in England were not solely afflicted by the virus.
Experts compare Covid’s death and hospitalization rates to flu. However, scientists warn that the virus is likely to become more dangerous each year.
However, when Dr Nabarro, WHO Covid expert was interviewed on Sky News about comparisons of Covid and the flu, Dr Nabarro stated that she is still unsure what those who are able to make such amazing predictions actually know.
“You’ll see from the WHO that this is still an extremely dangerous virus. This is particularly true for those who aren’t vaccinated or have never had it.
He said that virus mutations will not stop and more variations are ‘not far’.
“So, quite frankly, we don’t think this should be compared to flu. This is a new virus and it must be treated as such.
He said that governments should not claim that data has suddenly changed or that the virus is’suddenly becoming incredibly weak’. Instead, they need to focus on “keeping the virus at bay”, preventing others from being infected, and being prepared for any future surges.

NHS England data has shown that 47.9% of Covid patients are not being treated for the disease. According to official figures, one-in-20 people have Covid. Therefore, people who are admitted for treatment of other diseases are more likely than others to be infected.

NHS England data is a snapshot of the percentage of Covid patients not being treated by the virus in the hospitals since Omicron became operative. It is evident that four of every ten London Covid sufferers are receiving treatment for this disease.

According to data from the Office for National Statistics, Covid was fourth in the list of deaths as Omicron decimated the UK. Omicron is no longer the most common cause of death after the last-year spike in Omicron cases. Omicron was 25th in the list of leading causes of death during last summer.

ONS data compares the percentage of Covid deaths in people who had died from the disease (red), and those who were not affected by the disease (blue). This shows that the percentage of people who die from the disease are rising. It also indicates that the risk of the virus being the cause is decreasing.
Dr Nabarro stated that the end of pandemics was “in sight”, but warned that there are uncertainties about how they will unfold.
His words were: “The End is In sight. How long does it take to get there?” Which kind of problems will we encounter on our way there? These are questions we can’t answer, because the virus keeps bringing us surprises and challenges.
“It feels like we are just past the halfway point in a marathon, and we can see there is an ending and that fast runners are going through ahead.
“But, we still have a long and long road to go. It’s going be hard.”
Omicron is the WHO’s new regional director. He said that the Pandemic has entered a new phase in Africa.
Dr Hans Kluge stated that Omicron seems to be a less serious disease than Delta but we still see a rise in hospitalisations due to its sheer numbers.
This is not only due to the Delta burden, which has not fully passed, but also because of the number incidental admissions.
Omicron is a less common option for ICU admissions than hospitalisations. Most people in the Region who require intensive care are not vaccinated.
The pandemic “will end”, but he warned that it’s too soon for people to rest easy.
Millions of people are infected every day around the world, and waning immunity makes it almost inevitable that Covid variants will appear or return, according to Dr Kluge.
Lockdowns will not likely be required in future waves because of the high uptake of vaccines and antivirals. He added that variant monitoring systems, measures like ventilating spaces and targeted testing, shielding at risk groups, using face masks, social distancing and ventilation, and other measures, such as ventilating areas, targeted screening, and safeguarding at-risk individuals, may make it unnecessary to lock down.













