Croydon Health Services NHS Trust cares for 65 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust was caring for 65 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 30th Dec 2022, 12:33 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 65 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 December 28 was up from 60 on the same day the previous week.

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There were 29 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

Across England there were 9,459 people in hospital with Covid as of December 28, with 209 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 91% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 63%.

The figures also show that 29 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in the week to December 26. This was up from 10 in the previous seven days.