Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust cares for 126 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 126 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 20th Jan 2023, 11:18 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.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 126 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 January 18 was down from 145 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 11% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 141.

Across England there were 6,299 people in hospital with Covid as of January 18, with 146 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 27% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 16%.

The figures also show that 49 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the week to January 16. This was down from 63 in the previous seven days.