North East London Trust cares for two Covid-19 patients in hospital

North East London Trust was caring for two 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 October 19 was up from one on the same day the previous week.

There was one bed occupied by a Covid-19 patient four weeks ago in North East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 10,387 people in hospital with Covid as of October 19, with 206 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 42%.

The figures also show that six new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in North East London NHS Foundation Trust in the week to October 17. This was up from two in the previous seven days.