hereHe said: “As the infection rate has begun to grow across the country, hospital infections have started to rise.“It is clear that hospital admissions are rising fastest in those areas of the country where infection rates are highest, particularly the North West.“It has changed in a matter of just a few days and that is clearly of concern to me.”Prof Van-Tam also warned that coronavirus was spreading from younger age groups into those aged over 60.“There is the spread from those younger age groups into the 60 plus age group in the North West and the North East, and there are rates of change in the same places but also extending a little further south," he said.“And this is again of significant concern… because of course the elderly suffer.