Claim: 9,472 people were admitted to hospitals in England with the Delta variant of Covid-19 in the seven days to 29 August.
Fact-check: Newspapers report Covid hospitalisations over seven months as over seven days - Full Fact
Verdict: false. 9,472 people were admitted to hospitals in england with a confirmed case of the delta variant of covid-19 in the seven months to 29 august. this only included overnight stays.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-09-14T00:00:00