Critical care survival rates in COVID-19 patients improved as the first wave of the pandemic developed.

Commentary on: Dennis JM, McGovern AP, Vollmer SJ, et al . Improving survival of critical care patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in England: a National cohort study, March to June 2020. Crit Care Med 2021;49:209–14 During the first 12 months, the COVID-19 pandemic affected more than 87 million individuals worldwide and caused almost 2 million deaths.1 Over the course of the first wave of the pandemic, UK national data suggested that there may be an improvement in survival for those patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19.2 However, measurement issues such as increased testing capacity, and changes in …