The Hillingdon Hospitals Trust cares for 22 Covid-19 patients in hospital

The Hillingdon Hospitals Trust was caring for 22 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 9th Dec 2022, 13:16 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.

The Hillingdon Hospitals Trust was caring for 22 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 December 7 was up from 16 on the same day the previous week.

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There were 37 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 5,501 people in hospital with Covid as of December 7, with 119 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 3% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 21%.

The figures also show that 28 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to December 5. This was up from 13 in the previous seven days.