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NHS leaders alarmed by rise in hospital admissions as Covid cases hit record
Daily hospitalisations in England up by more than 40% in a week at same time as more staff on sick leave
NHS leaders have voiced alarm at a major rise in the number of hospitalisations due to Covid-19 after 1,171 people with the disease across the UK were admitted in a 24-hour period that set another record number of daily cases.
The latest government figures showed 122,186 cases of coronavirus had been recorded as of 9am on Friday. Another 137 people died within 28 days of testing positive.
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