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The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients is spiking in London despite the capital having a relatively low number of people in hospital with the virus. Intensive care unit (ICU) admissions for coronavirus patients have more than doubled, new government data shows. A graph (below) presented at Wednesday’s Downing Street press conference suggests ICU admissions in London jumped from 0.18 per 100,000 people in the week ending 13 September to 0.42 per 100,000 in the week ending 20 September.