King's College Hospital Trust cares for 93 Covid-19 patients in hospital

King's College Hospital Trust was caring for 93 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 93 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 August 24 was up from 82 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 15% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 81.

Across England there were 5,911 people in hospital with Covid as of August 24, with 857 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 14% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 16%.

The figures also show that 73 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the week to August 22. This was up from 63 in the previous seven days.