East London Trust cares for 22 Covid-19 patients in hospital

East London Trust was caring for 22 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 22nd Jul 2022, 11:31 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.

East London Trust was caring for 22 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 July 19 was down from 31 on the same day the previous week.

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There were five beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 13,837 people in hospital with Covid as of July 19, with 318 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, as has the number on mechanical ventilators.

The figures also show that 34 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in East London NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 17. This was up from 28 in the previous seven days.