Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust cares for 142 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 142 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 8th Apr 2022, 10:32 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 142 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 April 5 was down from 162 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 increased by 20% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 118.

Across England there were 16,552 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 319 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including 11 at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 80% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 32%.

The figures also show that 85 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the week to April 3. This was down from 97 in the previous seven days.