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

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Trust was caring for five coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 16th Dec 2022, 11:42 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 five 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 December 14 was down from six on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 6,720 people in hospital with Covid as of December 14, with 150 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 34% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has ​increased by 23%​.

The figures also show that three new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust in the week to December 12. This was down from six in the previous seven days.