AdvertisementThe number of patients needing hospital treatment for Covid is falling Bolton, the first area to be hit hard by the now-dominant Indian variant. The numbers are trailing a decline in cases which appears to show a spike in new variant cases has come under control. Health Secretary Matt Hancock last week admitted the link between infections and hospital admissions, which vaccines should separate, has so far been 'broken but not completely severed'. Leader of the local vaccine programme Dr Helen Wall said last week that hospital admissions were 'stabilising and staying stable', the Manchester Evening News reported. In one promising sign for Blackburn – now Britain's coronavirus hotspot after overtaking Bolton last week – cases in over-60s are already falling.

Source: Daily Mail June 07, 2021 14:25 UTC