A QUARTER of ‘Covid inpatients’ in England are primarily being treated for a different illness or injury
- Data shows 6,146 NHS beds taken up by Covid positive patients on Sept 14, latest health service data shows
- But just 4,721 patients (77%) were primarily being treated for coronavirus, with rest possibly ‘incidental’ cases
- In NHS hospitals in Midlands, a third of Covid inpatients were mainly being treated for other illness or injury