Croydon Health Services NHS Trust cares for 67 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust was caring for 67 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 6th Jan 2023, 10:23 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 67 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 January 4 was up from 65 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 more than doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 33.

Across England there were 9,332 people in hospital with Covid as of January 4, with 212 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 70% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 78%.

The figures also show that 15 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in the week to January 2. This was down from 29 in the previous seven days.