The Royal Marsden Trust cares for four Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 9th Dec 2022, 13:16 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 Royal Marsden Trust was caring for four coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

The Royal Marsden Trust was caring for four coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on December 7 was up from three on the same day the previous week.

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There was one bed occupied by a Covid-19 patient four weeks ago in The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 5,501 people in hospital with Covid as of December 7, with 119 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 3% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 21%.

The figures also show that five new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in the week to December 5. This was up from two in the previous seven days.