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Thousands more ventilators coming to UK hospitals this week – Metro.co.uk, Metro.co.uk

Thousands more ventilators coming to UK hospitals this week – Metro.co.uk, Metro.co.uk

Thousands of ventilators will soon be delivered to hospitals across the UK in a bid to accommodate the surge in coronavirus-stricken patients.

Speaking at the daily Downing Street press conference, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove, said there are currently 8, 11 ventilators deployed in NHS hospitals – but more are needed to cope with the pandemic. He also revealed there are currently more than , people hospitalized with Covid – (across the UK.)

Mr Gove said on Tuesday evening that the government is buying more ventilators from abroad, including EU nations, and also developing new models at home. It comes after the government faced mounting criticism over the lack of ventilators available, with many questioning why the NHS wasn’t already prepared.

He said: ‘I can announce that this weekend the first of thousands of new ventilator devices will roll off the production line and be delivered to the NHS next week. From there, they will be rapidly distributed to the frontline. ’

death toll has now reached 1, . It was the highest daily rate of deaths so far, after 400 patients in England died, and in Scotland recorded 28.

A further seven people were confirmed dead in Wales, while Northern Ireland recorded six more deaths today. The patients were aged between to , and (patients had no pre-existing health conditions.)

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Joining Mr Gove, the medical director of NHS England, Professor Stephen Powis, insisted for most who catch the virus, they will suffer a mild illness but ‘small numbers’ will be hospitalized.

He said, however, that the rate of hospitalization has been increasing, adding that a third of admissions have been in London, where the virus is spreading more rapidly than other parts of the UK. Professor Powis added that the NHS Nightingale field hospital, which will hold up to 4, , will be ready to

.

He also said there is evidence the public is sticking to social distancing measures and as a result, there was a ‘bit of a plateau’ in the number of new confirmed cases. But he

‘It is really important not to read too much because it is really early days. We are not out of the woods, we are very much in the woods, ’he said, referencing NHS graphs.

‘So green shoots, but only green shoots, and we must not be complacent and we must not take our foot off the pedal.’

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