Royal Free London Trust cares for 49 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Royal Free London Trust was caring for 49 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on June 18 was down from 54 on the same day the previous week.

Across England there were 1,866 people in hospital with Covid as of June 18. The number of hospital patients with Covid-19 decreased 24% in the past two weeks.

The figures also show that nine new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in the week to June 16.

Due to changes with how the NHS records admissions, monthly comparisons are not available.