Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust cares for 99 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was caring for 99 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 29th Apr 2022, 11:25 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.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was caring for 99 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 April 26 was down from 105 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 4% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 95.

Across England there were 11,320 people in hospital with Covid as of April 26, with 276 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 27% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 15%.

The figures also show that 63 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in the week to April 24. This was down from 67 in the previous seven days.