Royal Free London Trust cares for 69 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Royal Free London Trust was caring for 69 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 25th Nov 2022, 11:24 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.

Royal Free London Trust was caring for 69 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 November 23 was down from 77 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 44% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 123.

Across England there were 4,600 people in hospital with Covid as of November 23, with 117 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 50% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 47%.

The figures also show that 21 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in the week to November 21. This was down from 23 in the previous seven days.