South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust cares for 13 Covid-19 patients in hospital

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust was caring for 13 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on October 12 was up from nine on the same day the previous week.

There were six beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

Across England there were 10,608 people in hospital with Covid as of October 12, with 221 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 58%.

The figures also show that four new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust in the week to October 10. This was the same number as in the previous seven days.