Croydon Health Services NHS Trust cares for 43 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust was caring for 43 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 16th Dec 2022, 11:42 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.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust was caring for 43 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 December 14 was up from 33 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 32.

Across England there were 6,720 people in hospital with Covid as of December 14, with 150 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 34% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has ​increased by 23%​.

The figures also show that 18 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in the week to December 12. This was up from 11 in the previous seven days.