Homerton University Hospital Trust cares for 16 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Homerton University Hospital Trust was caring for 16 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 13th Jan 2023, 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.

Homerton University Hospital Trust was caring for 16 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 January 11 was down from 26 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 11.

Across England there were 7,743 people in hospital with Covid as of January 11, with 182 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 15% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has ​increased by 21%​.

The figures also show that 16 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 9. This was down from 30 in the previous seven days.