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Numbers in critical care with Covid are averaging eight a day, a big drop on a week ago and most of these were being treated primarily for the virus.In April, there were 27 Covid patients in critical care, peaking at 38 in January, while in the second wave it peaked at 150 patients., was about 36%, including those who died later in a general ward.About 61% had been discharged from hospital.
Broken down by health board, Betsi Cadwaladr had no patients testing positive who were being treated "actively" for Covid for the past week. Hospital-acquired infections stood at 117, mostly in elderly patients, with 41 in the Betsi Cadwaladr health board. Recent analysis also showed the median length of stay in hospital for Covid had not been above 10 days since the start of the vaccination programme.An indication of pressure on the NHS is overall bed occupancy in acute hospitals, which hit a record 94.5% in the week ending 3 August.Another measure is NHS staff absence.
It has become the most important tool to measure the level of infections, with the end of mass testing at the end of March. As part of its weekly swab survey, involving many thousands of people across the UK, some participants also have their level of antibodies checked in a blood test and are also asked a series of other questions towards fact-finding about Covid.said 0.6% of people aged 12 and over were estimated to be at risk of going to hospital with Covid at the start of April 2022, compared with 9.3% two years before, at the start of the pandemic.
Up to 12 August, a total of 10,685 deaths involving Covid have occurred during the pandemic in Wales; 10,662 deaths involving Covid have been registered. The ONS measure includes deaths in people's homes, hospices and other settings, as well as hospitals and care homes.That includes 209 deaths in December 2021. In December 2020, there were 1,333 deaths involving Covid.
Across England and Wales, in about 60% of deaths with Covid mentioned on the death certificate, it was also the underlying cause of death in the latest week.There was one death involving Covid involving a care home resident registered in the latest week - out of 101 deaths overall. Heart disease was the leading cause of death in July and has been for seven consecutive months. Flu and pneumonia ranked seventh, with its mortality rate still lower than normal levels but not significantly so and ONS says this is returning to pre-pandemic trends.
The median age of a person to die due to Covid during the pandemic has been 82, while 72% of deaths have been in the over 75s. By 12 August, RCT had reached a total of 1,111 deaths and also had the seventh highest crude mortality rate of all local authorities across England and Wales.Cardiff has had the most deaths in Wales - 1,119 - up to 12 August.
The community with the highest number of Covid deaths across 2020 and 2021, including in the first two waves of the pandemic, was Tonyrefail West, with a total of 63 deaths due to Covid.
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