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

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 5th May 2023, 14:16 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.
Homerton University Hospital Trust was caring for six patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

Homerton University Hospital Trust was caring for six patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on May 3 was up from five on the same day the previous week.

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There were eight beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 4,585 people in hospital with Covid as of May 3, with 124 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 25%.

The figures also show that 18 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 1. This was up from eight in the previous seven days.