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Dr Indeewar Kapila, a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in Manchester, said the situation in hospitals was "very concerning" as admissions rise and limited bed spaces are filled.

The situation could look very different in a week, Dr Kapila said as around one-third of ICU beds are currently filled but Manchester’s rising number of coronavirus cases threatens to fill wards to capacity

“We have about 440 cases per 100,000, which is extremely high, we are very concerned that we may reach a situation very soon where intensive care beds are beginning to run out," Dr Kapila told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

Dr Kapila’s warning follows a leaked NHS document that showed some hospitals in Greater Manchester were already at capacity

The document showed hospitals in Salford, Stockport and Bolton were already full by last Friday, according to The Guardian