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I don't know how to embed images by Steelhop
but here you go.
Cases link from Worldmeters - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
Now, look at the two peaks - the winter UK peak and the peak from late July. Top end for July cases was just under 50K daily cases. Top end for winter was 67K.
Now, look at hospitalizations.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/uk-daily-covid-admissions
In the winter top end of hospitalizations was about 3700. Top end of hospitalizations in July was 739 and it is already going down.
Some of it is likely due to the type of patient going into the hospital. Less elderly being ineffected.