Oxleas Trust cares for four Covid-19 patients in hospital

Oxleas Trust was caring for four coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows no people were being treated in hospital for Covid-19 at 8am on October 12.

There were four beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 10,387 people in hospital with Covid as of October 19, with 206 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 42%.

The figures also show that four new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in the week to October 17.