Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust cares for 37 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was caring for 37 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 8 was down from 52 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 29.

Across England there were 7,655 people in hospital with Covid as of March 8, with 166 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 20% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 42%.

The figures also show that 34 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in the week to March 6. This was down from 45 in the previous seven days.