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

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Trust was caring for seven coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, 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.

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

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on January 18 was down from 10 on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 6,299 people in hospital with Covid as of January 18, with 146 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 27% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 16%.

The figures also show that one new Covid patient was admitted to hospital in Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 16. This was down from five in the previous seven days.