Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 107 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 107 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 22nd Jul 2022, 11:31 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.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 107 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 July 19 was down from 113 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 49.

Across England there were 13,837 people in hospital with Covid as of July 19, with 318 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, as has the number on mechanical ventilators.

The figures also show that 50 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to July 17. This was down from 82 in the previous seven days.