Coronavirus: hospitals in West Midlands 'will be at capacity by next weekend'
by Josh Halliday, Pamela Duncan and Caelainn Barr from Science | The Guardian on (#51NYJ)
Mayor says NEC field hospital will be ready to take patients as data shows 21% of deaths in England were in Midlands
Hospitals in the West Midlands are forecast to reach maximum capacity by next weekend, the region's mayor has said, amid growing concern that one in five deaths from coronavirus in England have happened in the Midlands.
Andy Street said the West Midlands appeared to be the UK's next hotspot after London and that Birmingham's new field hospital would be ready to open by next Saturday or Sunday when admissions are expected to peak.
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