North East London Trust cares for one Covid-19 patient in hospital

North East London Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on January 18 was down from two on the same day the previous week.

There were no beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in North East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 6,299 people in hospital with Covid as of January 18, with 146 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 27% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 16%.

The figures also show that no new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in North East London NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 16. This was down from four in the previous seven days.