University College London Hospitals Trust cares for 69 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 3rd Mar 2023, 11:06 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.
University College London Hospitals Trust was caring for 69 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

University College London Hospitals Trust was caring for 69 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 1 was down from 71 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 51.

Across England there were 7,507 people in hospital with Covid as of March 1, with 175 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 24% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 29%.

The figures also show that 35 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 27. This was up from 25 in the previous seven days.