Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead a Downing Street press conference this evening.
He will be joined by England's chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.
The press conference will take place at 5pm .
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The ECHO's Facebook page will be streaming the virtual event.
It is expected Mr Johnson will update the country on the latest coronavirus data and hospitalisations.
He may also discuss the impact of Christmas and New Year.
According to No 10, the NHS has seen a significant increase in admissions.
But they said it is "pleasing" that the number of patients requiring ventilation support has not increased to the same extent.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "We keep a very close eye on NHS capacity, that's something we track very closely.
"We know that admissions and occupancy are increasing significantly at the moment - we're not seeing that same jump in beds requiring ventilation, which is pleasing, and almost certainly a function of both the nature of Omicron and our successful booster programme.
"But we keep an extremely close eye on NHS capacity at all times."
Asked whether the number of people in intensive care (ICU) was playing an "important role in the Prime Minister's thinking" on how to handle the Omicron spike, the Downing Street spokesman replied: "It is one aspect that informs how the NHS is dealing with this current wave."
He added that the booster programme and "evidence that Omicron may be milder" meant "we are not seeing those huge waves in cases translate into those needing the most serious care that we saw perhaps in previous waves, but that still puts the NHS under significant pressure".
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