Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 46 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 8th Jul 2022, 10:56 BST
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 46 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 46 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on July 5 was up from 39 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 64% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 28.

Across England there were 11,049 people in hospital with Covid as of July 5, with 229 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 97%.

The figures also show that 38 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to July 3. This was up from 25 in the previous seven days.