the coronavirus ward at clacton hospital.'s getting busier. we have seen a big increase of cases coming in. staff are doing their best to keep it going. it's hard. it's hard on everybody, really. debbie is the clinical lead of this nurse—led hospital. because i'm going into an area where all the patients in there are still covid positive, so we need to ensure that we are protecting ourselves but also protecting the rest of the patients as well. there are 21 patients with covid. hello, sheila. we will keep doing your swabs. so we are doing them every five days and as soon as we can get that negative, we can get you home. all right? care homes are not taking anyone without a negative test result. it means most will be here for at least 1a days. 69—year—old gerald, a former bus driver and carer from harwich, caught covid after having his leg amputated. he's been here for more than a month. ifeel 0k, ifeel fine. the only thing is i'm waiting for the coronavirus to near enough go, it's near enough gone so i can go home. what can y

the coronavirus ward at clacton hospital in essex is getting busier, more so than in the first wave.ere for two weeks or more, waiting till they test negative, but some have not survived. the staff at the moment are quite emotional. we've had quite a few deaths. it's quite hard managing staff that are emotional. they need emotional support. the overall covid impact is shown in total excess deaths from all causes. that‘s the number above what‘s expected at this time of year with the latest figures for the first week in november. this line shows the average number of uk weekly deaths over the last five years, and this one shows what has happened so far this year. you can see there was a sharp spike at the peak of the first wave in april. the red area shows covid deaths, the blue, other excess deaths, some of which may be linked indirectly to the virus because people didn‘t seek or didn‘t get hospital treatment. then it falls back towards the average before picking up again in recent weeks. though it‘s still well short of that first peak. there‘s a lag between cases being diagnosed and

the coronavirus ward at clacton hospital in essex is getting busier, more so than in the first wave.patients are here for two weeks or more, waiting until they test negative, but some have not survived. the staff at the moment are quite emotional. we have had quite a few deaths. and it's quite hard managing staff that are emotional. they need emotional support. the overall covid impact is shown in total excess deaths from all causes. that's the number above what is expected at this time of year with the latest figures for the first week in november. this line shows the average number of uk weekly deaths over the last five yea rs weekly deaths over the last five years also and this one shows what has happened so far this year. you can see there was a sharp spike at the peak of the first wave in april. the red area shows covid deaths, the blue other excess deaths, some of which may be linked indirectly to the virus because people didn't seek or didn't get hospital treatment. then it falls back towards the average before picking up again in recent weeks. though it is still well short of

the coronavirus ward at clacton hospital.keep it going. it's hard. it's hard on everybody, really. debbie is the clinical lead of this nurse—led hospital. because i'm going into an area where all the patients in there are still covid positive, so we need to ensure that we are protecting ourselves but also protecting the rest of the patients as well. there are 21 patients with covid. hello, sheila. we will keep doing your swabs. so we are doing them every five days and as soon as we can get a negative, we can get you home. all right? care homes are not taking anyone without a negative test result. it means most will be here for at least 14 days. 69—year—old gerald, a former bus driver and carer from harwich, caught covid after having his leg amputated. he's been here for more than a month. i feel fine. the only thing is i'm waiting for it to be near enough gone so i can go home. what can you do? you live on, don't you? it's getting busier here at clacton hospital, three quarters of the covid beds are full with patients aged be