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Coronavirus hospital cases down 96% as doctor says Britain 'almost at herd immunity'

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Britain is close to reaching herd immunity from Covid-19, according to a top doctor, as coronavirus hospital cases saw a dramatic drop of 96% from the peak of the pandemic.

Coronavirus deaths in hospitals have collapsed from 866 people a day on April 10 at the height of the pandemic to just five on Thursday August 5 last week, the latest data from NHS England shows.

Hospital staff in England were dealing with around 17,000 coronavirus patients a day in mid-April. But as of last week, the data shows medics were treating just 700 patients for Covid-19 — a dramatic fall of 96%.

Some hospitals didn’t have a single Covid-19 patient on their wards last week, the Sunday Times reports, with one top doctor suggesting that Britain is “almost

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