Smaller Portion of COVID-19 Hospital Patients in England Primarily Treated for the Virus

The proportion of CCP virus patients being treated primarily for the virus in England’s hospitals has dropped slightly, new figures show. According to data published on Friday by NHS England, of the 8,321 patients with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus in NHS acute hospital trusts in England on Friday, 5,578 (67 percent) were being treated primarily for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. This is down from 71 percent a week earlier. The percentage has fluctuated slightly between 72 percent and 76 percent since October before starting to drop since mid-December. But the number being treated primarily for coronavirus is still rising—up 26 percent from 4,432 on Dec. 21 to 5,578 on Dec. 28. The statistics also show that the number of patients with COVID-19 but primarily being treated for something else also rose from 1,813 to 2,743, a jump of 51 percent. NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson …

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