South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust cares for 16 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 3rd Mar 2023, 11:06 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.
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust was caring for 16 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust was caring for 16 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 1 was up from 14 on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 7,507 people in hospital with Covid as of March 1, with 175 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 24% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 29%.

The figures also show that six new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust in the week to February 27. This was up from three in the previous seven days.