Hospitals are warning patients they face 'significant delays' and say routine operations may be postponed due to a spike in Covid cases.
West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts said the rise also means A&E departments are extremely busy.
Dr Phil Wood, chief medical officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "The significant upsurge in Covid-19 cases in West Yorkshire and Harrogate means that our hospitals are facing extreme pressures. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics an estimated 2.7 million people in the UK have CovidWYAAT, which represents the Airedale, Bradford, Calderdale & Huddersfield, Harrogate & District, Leeds and Mid Yorkshire hospital trusts, is urging people to only attend A&E in "genuine, life-threatening emergencies or in the case of serious injury"..
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