Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust cares for 56 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust was caring for 56 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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 56 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 March 1 was down from 68 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 decreased by 47% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 106.

Across England there were 8,486 people in hospital with Covid as of March 1, with 245 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including two at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 34% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 45%.

The figures also show that 21 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust in the week to February 27. This was down from 22 in the previous seven days.