Daily count of confirmed COVID-19 patients in hospital at 8am. The UK figure is the sum of the four nations' figures and can only be calculated when all nations' data are available.
As of October 6, 2022, 11,641 confirmed COVID-19 patients were in hospital in the United Kingdom. The number of COVID patients in hospitals first peaked at over 21.6 thousand on April 12, 2020 and dropped as low as 772 on September 11, 2020. However, the number of patients reached a new peak in the winter of 2020/21 with over 39.2 thousand patients in hospital on January 18, 2021.
The total number of cases in the UK can be found here. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.
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Public Health England. (October 18, 2022). Daily number of patients in hospital with coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United Kingdom (UK) (as of October 6, 2022) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved August 01, 2026, from /statistics/1190423/hospital-cases-due-to-covid-19-in-the-uk/
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