Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust cares for 43 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust was caring for 43 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

placeholder image — Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on November 23 was down from 54 on the same day the previous week.

There were 59 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 4,600 people in hospital with Covid as of November 23, with 117 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 50% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 47%.

The figures also show that 16 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the week to November 21. This was up from 15 in the previous seven days.