Professor Sir Chris Whitty said the growing cases “were causing a lot of problems in ambulance services, in A&S, in acute medicine. The waves are still appearing. “ He told a conference of the Royal Society of Medicine that the NHS was under considerable pressure and “I do not think we should allow anyone to imply otherwise.” Cases are at the second highest level since the pandemic began, according to the latest figures from the National Statistics Office. One in 16 people in England is infected – equivalent to 3.5 million cases in England
