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

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 11th Apr 2023, 11:05 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 eight patients with coronavirus in hospital as of last Wednesday, figures show.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Trust was caring for eight patients with coronavirus in hospital as of last Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on April 5 was up from four on the same day the previous week.

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There were five beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 7,005 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 165 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 8% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 1%.

The figures also show that nine new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust in the week to April 3. This was up from three in the previous seven days.