There are eleven COVID-positive patients being treated at Milton Keynes University Hospital, as of yesterday (7/7).
The hospital has also seen a "big reduction" in the number of patients showing COVID-like symptoms, and the Chief Executive, Professor Joe Harrison, believes that Milton Keynes is "fairing well".
He told MKFM: "I think because of all of the sensible behaviours that Milton Keynes residents have been doing around observing social distancing and staying at home wherever possible, Milton Keynes is very much at the lower end of the infection rate that we see nationally which is great news."
This news follows last week's misleading reports by national news outlets that Milton Keynes was at risk of a local lockdown. It has since been confirmed that these reports are false.
Now that the coronavirus peak has passed, the hospital is beginning to see a glimpse of normality. MKUH is now welcoming patients back for routine operations and outpatient appointments. "We're getting on and calling those people into the hospital as quickly and as safely as we can," Professor Harrison concluded.
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