Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust cares for 71 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was caring for 71 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 3rd Sep 2021, 10:43 BST
Updated 3rd Sep 2021, 10:53 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 71 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 August 31 was down from 75 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 increased by 10 in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 61.

Across England there were 6,293 people in hospital with Covid as of August 31, with 879 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally rose by 23% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators increased by 13%.

The figures also show that 61 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in the week to August 29. This was up from 54 in the previous seven days.