The Hillingdon Hospitals Trust cares for 26 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Federica Bedendo, Data Reporter
Published 13th Aug 2021, 11:11 BST
Updated 13th Aug 2021, 11:17 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 26 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

The Hillingdon Hospitals Trust was caring for 26 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 in line with the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 11 in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 15.

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 38 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to August 8. This was up from 36 in the previous seven days.