CORONAVIRUS

Latest wave of Covid better for under-60s but worse for women

The 32,294 people in hospital with Covid-19 in the UK yesterday was 10,610 above the peak in April
The 32,294 people in hospital with Covid-19 in the UK yesterday was 10,610 above the peak in April
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People without health problems and the under-60s are faring better in the latest wave of Covid-19 than they did in the first, an analysis of hospital deaths by The Times suggests.

Figures from NHS England, however, show that women and white people make up a greater proportion of hospital coronavirus deaths than they did in the spring.

The Times analysed data on English hospital deaths reported up to last Wednesday, classing the first wave as from the beginning of the pandemic to May 19, and the third wave as December 2 to January 6.

People who had no known health problems when they were infected by the coronavirus made up 5 per cent of 25,080 deaths in the first wave, and 3 per cent of