The Hillingdon Hospitals Trust cares for 74 Covid-19 patients in hospital

The Hillingdon Hospitals Trust was caring for 74 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 2 was down from 90 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 7% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 69.

Across England there were 10,177 people in hospital with Covid as of August 2, with 240 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 8% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 5%.

The figures also show that 42 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 31. This was down from 59 in the previous seven days.