Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust cares for 10 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was caring for 10 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 18th Nov 2022, 12:17 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.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was caring for 10 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 Nov-16 was down from 18 on the same day the previous week.

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There were 51 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

Across England there were 5,010 people in hospital with Covid as of Nov-16, with 122 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 52% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 41%.

The figures also show that eight new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in the week to Nov-14. This was down from 20 in the previous seven days.