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And according to [1] 125,117 patients were admitted to hospital based on 290,133 positive tests. So about 43% of UK people who test positive are being hospital
by arichard123 6y ago
And according to [1] 125,117 patients were admitted to hospital based on 290,133 positive tests. So about 43% of UK people who test positive are being hospitalized. So that's really bad.
1: https://coronavirus-staging.data.gov.uk/ https://coronavirus-staging.data.gov.uk/
- lsllc 6y agoFor comparison with the UK, Massachusetts has had 111K cases total with approx. 11K hospitalizations [0], so about 10%. The average age of COVID-19 cases is 51, the average age of hospitalization is 68 and the average age of deaths is 82. NOTE: The state dashboard doesn't seem to specifically show the total hospitalizations, just a graph only over the last 3 months. However, on Page 19 [0] there's a breakdown of total hospitalization by ethnicity that shows a total of 111,827 cases and 11,611 hospitalizations (across all known and unknown ethnicities). [0] https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-dashboard-july-13-2020/download https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-dashboard-july-13-2020/dow...
- ogre_codes 6y agoWorth noting, in the US, there are likely people who were never hospitalized because they were afraid to go to the hospital because they lack insurance.
- lsllc 6y agoPossibly, although in MA aside from employer provided insurance and ACA insurance, anyone else is covered by the state, i.e. MassHealth (aka Romneycare [0], which was used as a model for Obamacare) and Health Safety Net. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_health_care_reform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_health_care_refo...
- matz1 6y agoHow is it bad ? The 125117 number is including people were admitted to hospital for other than covid but happen to test positive for covid.