Unfortunately the NHS doesn't put out the figures directly and seem to report them as a number per 100,000 rather than saying the simple things (of the 1500 in hospital, what age brackets do they fall into)
There will be a report out next week that will give more up to date data but as of the 1st week of June there were 700 admissions in that week of which 49 were under 18, so that equates to 7%. Unfortunately that doesn't separate out how many stayed in hospital and even if they were admitted for covid (or just had it but went in for a broken arm). The reporting on these items is really poor and would put to bed a lot of the misunderstandings or social media crap that is out there.
A bit more information and again slightly out of date - on 22nd June the NHS is reporting 959 adult beds occupied with covid patients, it is also reporting that there were 1,301 in hospital with covid. All things being equal that means that of the 1,301 in hospital 342 in children's beds which equates to 26% which would support Dekka's statement.
Unfortunately it isn't clear how the numbers actually relate and as said above making simple calculations as I have done probably don't take into account many intricacies of the data itself. However it does show that some on here are very quick to jump and shout when someone says something that doesn't suit their view and can't be bothered to look into that stat.
I'm not saying the stat is correct but it could be and as said we need much more clarity on the data to know for sure.
There will be a report out next week that will give more up to date data but as of the 1st week of June there were 700 admissions in that week of which 49 were under 18, so that equates to 7%. Unfortunately that doesn't separate out how many stayed in hospital and even if they were admitted for covid (or just had it but went in for a broken arm). The reporting on these items is really poor and would put to bed a lot of the misunderstandings or social media crap that is out there.
A bit more information and again slightly out of date - on 22nd June the NHS is reporting 959 adult beds occupied with covid patients, it is also reporting that there were 1,301 in hospital with covid. All things being equal that means that of the 1,301 in hospital 342 in children's beds which equates to 26% which would support Dekka's statement.
Unfortunately it isn't clear how the numbers actually relate and as said above making simple calculations as I have done probably don't take into account many intricacies of the data itself. However it does show that some on here are very quick to jump and shout when someone says something that doesn't suit their view and can't be bothered to look into that stat.
I'm not saying the stat is correct but it could be and as said we need much more clarity on the data to know for sure.