King's College Hospital Trust cares for 242 Covid-19 patients in hospital

King's College Hospital Trust was caring for 242 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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.

King's College Hospital Trust was caring for 242 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 19 was up from 227 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 60% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 151.

Across England there were 13,837 people in hospital with Covid as of July 19, with 318 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, as has the number on mechanical ventilators.

The figures also show that 209 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 17. This was up from 195 in the previous seven days.