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UK reports 88,376 new Covid cases amid warning over Omicron hospitalisations

Prof Chris Whitty tells MPs admissions could exceed last winter’s daily peak, adding to strain on NHS

  • Coronavirus – latest updates

The rising wave of Omicron infections could lead to daily hospitalisations from Covid exceeding the peak of last winter, when more than 4,500 people in the UK were admitted on a single day, England’s chief medical officer has said.

The staggering speed at which Omicron is spreading means large numbers of vulnerable people may need hospital care over a very short space of time, Prof Chris Whitty told MPs on Thursday, with daily admissions potentially peaking above that seen last winter at the start of the vaccine programme.

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