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

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust was caring for six 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 January 25 was in line with the same day the previous week.

There were 12 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 5,632 people in hospital with Covid as of January 25, with 126 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 40% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 40%.

The figures also show that no new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust in the week to January 23.