Half of Covid hospitalisations in England are patients who test positive after admission
Half of Covid admissions in England do not test positive until they are in hospital, leaked stats showThe NHS insists most people in the numbers have symptoms but critics say confusing figures risk overblowing the number who are critically ill withLeaked data showed only 44 per cent of patients admitted last Thursday had tested positive for Covid beforehand, The Telegraph reported.
Another 43 per cent got their positive result within two days of going in – all patients must now be tested – although two days is too soon to have caught the virus in hospital. It means that of the 10,000 Covid patients admitted in the past two weeks, thousands may not have been confirmed to have the virus – with some unaware they did., a doctor and Oxford Uni expert, said it was “unacceptable” to not reveal how many patients actually have Covid symptoms.“Normally it’s a combination of the symptoms, signs and test put together.test positive with the PCR“If we’re having a situation where the whole of the country relies on this data it has to be truly accurate.
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