Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust cares for 44 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was caring for 44 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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 44 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 down from 46 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 15.

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 39 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in the week to January 2. This was up from 30 in the previous seven days.