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Coronavirus: England could ‘run out of ICU beds in two weeks’ NewsColony English hospitals face a shortage of intensive care (ICU) beds for coronavirus patients in just two weeks if the current trend continues, doctors warn.  A University of Cambridge study assessed how different regions of England are coping and modelled how their level ICU units will cope with the imminent influx of COVID-19 patients.  Researchers claim five out of seven commissioning regions in England will have more critically ill COVID-19 patients than they can treat within two weeks.  All of England — except for the North East and Yorkshire and the North West — will run out of ICU beds in two weeks’ time, the study predicts. London is the most severely affected and ICU beds are expected to run out in the capital before anywhere else in the country.  According to the latest figures, England has recorded 390 deaths, with the UK total today hitting 422.  More than 8,000 cases have no...