Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust cares for 149 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust was caring for 149 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.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust was caring for 149 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 up from 132 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 68.

Across England there were 16,552 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 319 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including three at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 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 80 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust in the week to April 3. This was up from 72 in the previous seven days.