The NHS on the UK are inflating the figures.

Scaremongering about a rise in Covid hospitalisations, they are counting people who go into hospitals with the other illnesses but who test, or have tested, positive for Covid. On that basis "Covid hospital admissions" will appear to rise over the next few months as people are allowed back into hospitals for the treatments they have been denied for many months.

Fron their ;Definitions document:-

Any analysis of the data should be undertaken with this in mind.

Definition of confirmed COVID-19 patients:

• For all relevant data items: a confirmed COVID-19 patient is any patient admitted to the

trust who has recently (ie in the last 14 days) tested positive for COVID-19 following a

polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

• Patients who have been diagnosed via X-ray and assessment rather than a positive test

should be counted as suspected (and not confirmed) COVID-19 patients.

• Report a patient as a confirmed COVID-19 patient in the sitrep for as long as they are being

treated as a COVID-19 patient – so either they are being treated for COVID-19 caused

symptoms or the trust is still taking the precautions they would take with a COVID-19

positive patient.

• A patient who has previously but not recently – (ie not in the last 14 days) had a positive

COVID-19 test and is admitted for non-COVID-19 related treatment should not be counted

as a confirmed COVID-19 patient.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Publication-definitions-doc.pdf