South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust cares for 20 Covid-19 patients in hospital

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust was caring for 20 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 November 2 was up from 14 on the same day the previous week.

There were nine 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 7,296 people in hospital with Covid as of November 2, with 175 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 24% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 10%.

The figures also show that seven new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust in the week to October 31. This was up from three in the previous seven days.