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Greater Manchester covid hospital admissions rise 50 per cent in a week fuelling 'new wave' fears

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The number of patients admitted to hospital with Covid-19 has jumped in the biggest rise since the peak of the last wave of infection, sparking fears that a new wave could be upon us in time for a potential "twindemic" of both coronavirus and flu.

In Greater Manchester, 207 patients were admitted to hospital with Covid in the week ending September 26 - up 51 per cent from the week before where 137 people were taken into hospital.

A graph showing the coronavirus hospital admissions over the last year illustrates that this figure is quite low when compared to the start of the year when more than 1,200 patients were admitted with coronavirus in a week.

However, it is the biggest jump in admissions since the peak of the last wave, which saw 784 people admitted in the week ending July 10, with similar spikes seen at the start of previous waves.

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