Hospital surgery HIT as Covid cases SOAR in Greater Manchester!
Non-urgent ops axed amid surge in Covid admissions
Non-urgent hospital surgeries and appointments across Greater Manchester are being scrapped this week. Admissions with coronavirus have surged by 64 patients in just seven days. Hospital bosses say the move is to free up critical care beds for the rising tide of Covid cases.
Urgent procedures like cancer treatments will continue as usual, but routine work is being paused. A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership confirmed those affected will be contacted directly.
Covid numbers spiralling in the north-west
Coronavirus hospital admissions jumped to 132 in the week ending 3 November, almost double last week’s 68 cases. This spike comes after Greater Manchester was already placed in the highest Tier 3 restrictions before England’s new national lockdown kicked in on Thursday.
UK death toll climbs as virus spreads
The latest government figures show 413 new coronavirus deaths across the UK in 24 hours – up 58 from the day before. Meanwhile, 24,957 people tested positive for Covid, a rise of 1,670 cases since Friday.
In England alone, 283 deaths were recorded, pushing hospital death totals to 34,374. Wales reported 958 new cases and 32 additional fatalities, with the death toll there surpassing 2,000 since the pandemic began.
US faces record-breaking Covid crisis
Across the pond, the United States smashed records for a fourth day running with over 131,000 new infections reported in one day. Seventeen states hit record single-day case numbers, and 14 states broke records for Covid hospitalisations. Fatalities topped 1,000 daily for the fifth day in a row.
Ten states, including Minnesota and Utah, recorded their worst daily death tolls in early November. The US is averaging over 100,000 new cases daily – more than India and France combined – marking a worrying new peak in the global fight against Covid.
