Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 54 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Federica Bedendo, Data Reporter
Published 13th Aug 2021, 11:52 BST
Updated 13th Aug 2021, 11:54 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.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 54 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 54 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 10 was up from 35 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 26.

Across England there were 5,096 people in hospital with Covid as of August 10, with 782 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally increased by 72% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 66%.

The figures also show that 56 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to August 8. This was up from 47 in the previous seven days.