Coronavirus hospitalization rates continue to fall in the UK

Coronavirus Hospitalization Rates Continue to Fall in The UK...

The number of patients requiring urgent hospital care as a result of coronavirus is continuing to decline, the national medical director of NHS England Stephen Powis said Saturday, adding that authorities are beginning to see some signs of stabilization in the rate of transmission across the country.

Paramedics wearing personal protective equipment help a patient from an ambulance into the Royal London Hospital on April 18. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images

“It is now becoming clear that we are beginning to see reductions in the number of people with Covid-19 in hospitals,” Powis said.

"We are seeing a stabilization in the number of tests that are coming back positive,” he continued, highlighting that authorities have recorded an "encouraging" decline in the number of positive cases across London for a “succession” of days now.

“We are still in a situation where, in order to continue to see these declines, it is critical that we all comply with the social distancing measures that we have been instructed to take,” Powis cautioned.