By Ben Kerrigan-
The spread of Covid in London is “out of control” according to Sadiq Khan, who has declared a “major incident”.
The announcement of a major incidence comes as figures from the ONS reveal a rise infections in the capital.
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Latest figures from Public Health England suggests that coronavirus infection rate in London has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 people, based on the latest figures from Public Health England.
However, the Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as 1 in 30 Londoners has coronavirus.
Mr Khan told the BBC that the figure is as high as 1 in 20 in some parts of London.
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A major incident is any emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or all of the emergency services, the NHS or the local authority. It describes a situation in which the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response.
Mr. Khan said there are more than 7,000 people in hospital with Covid-19, the mayor said- a 35% increase compared to last April’s peak of the pandemic, he added.
Large numbers off londoners admitted not taking restrictions seriously enough due to scepticism about the accuracy of Covid-19 death statistics, after it emerged last year that Covid-19 death certificates were not all factual. The British government last summer reviewed Covid-19 death certificates, by recording Covid-19 deaths only in cases where the patient died within 28 days of testing positive. This unfortunately has done little to quell growing doubts about Covid-19 deaths.
PHE Figures
An analysis of Public Health England figures show in the week to 3 January, the number of cases rose across all of the London’s boroughs compared with the previous week, with 17 individually recording more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 people.
Testing increased in parts of the city after a drop over the Christmas period but positivity was high among people taking lab-based tests – suggesting more testing is needed to find undiagnosed cases in the community.
Deaths rates have also reportedly risen in the capital, where a person had tested positive for coronavirus in the previous 28 days – with some areas recording more than double the number of deaths on the previous week.
He said the London Ambulance Service was currently taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, compared to 5,500 on a typical busy day.
The London Fire Brigade said more than 100 firefighters had been drafted in to drive ambulances to help cope with the demand.
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