O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

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I think they have male chickened up the figures.They have found people going in for other reasons ,say a broken ankle and when tested have Covid are then included in the Covid figures admitted to Hospital ! Stupid really surely those being treated for Covid should have a figure all of its very own.

Here are the definitions used for civic hospitalisation data collection:

For all relevant data items: a confirmed COVID-19 patient is any patient admitted to the
trust who has recently (ie in the last 14 days) tested positive for COVID-19 following a
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

 Patients who have been diagnosed via X-ray and assessment rather than a positive test
should be counted as suspected (and not confirmed) COVID-19 patients.

 Report a patient as a confirmed COVID-19 patient in the sitrep for as long as they are being
treated as a COVID-19 patient – so either they are being treated for COVID-19 caused
symptoms or the trust is still taking the precautions they would take with a COVID-19
positive patient.

 A patient who has previously but not recently – (ie not in the last 14 days) had a positive
COVID-19 test and is admitted for non-COVID-19 related treatment should not be counted
as a confirmed COVID-19 patient.