A total of 538 people with the flu and 282 with Covid-19 attended an emergency department this week, up from 312 and 144 the previous week. There are 30 outbreaks of Covid-19 in hospitals and 24 outbreaks in nursing homes, both also an increase on last week.
"Our emergency departments are expected to encounter significant pressures as a result and we know from experience that a delayed peak in flu season such as we are seeing now, will inevitably lead to further pressures throughout the healthcare system with heightened risk of outbreaks in all facilities and delays discharging patients to nursing homes or step down facilities if they have flu or Covid," he said.
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