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

The Royal Marsden Trust was caring for seven patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, 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 with Covid-19 by 8am on February 18 was up from four on the same day the previous week.

Across England there were 2,555 people in hospital with Covid as of February 18.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks.

The figures also show that four new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 16.