Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Trust cares for 12 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Trust was caring for 12 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 4th Mar 2022, 13:00 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.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Trust was caring for 12 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 March 1 was in line with the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 20% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 15.

Across England there were 8,486 people in hospital with Covid as of March 1, with 245 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including two at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 34% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 45%.

The figures also show that 19 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Trust in the week to February 27. This was up from 18 in the previous seven days.