Cases have continued to hit record highs due to the highly infectious Omicron variant.
Cases have continued to hit record highs due to the highly infectious Omicron variant, which officials earlier on Wednesday said now makes up 90% of all community cases in England.And a total of 10,462 people were in hospital with Covid in England as of Wednesday morning, figures from NHS England show.Not all the patients in hospital will have been admitted for Covid - latest data suggests about three in 10 have the virus but were admitted to hospital for something else.
Hospital numbers though are continuing to rise more slowly than cases, once again showing the Omicron variant is leading to milder illness. Pharmacists said demand for lateral flow tests increased after changes allowed people with Covid in England to end isolation after seven days if they test negative on day six and seven.
The UKHSA said that the delivery capacity for lateral flow testing kits had been doubled to 900,000 a day since 18 December, due to the unprecedented demand.
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