St George's University Hospitals Trust cares for 66 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 11th Apr 2023, 11:05 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.
St George's University Hospitals Trust was caring for 66 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of last Wednesday, figures show.

St George's University Hospitals Trust was caring for 66 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of last Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on April 5 was up from 58 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 73.

Across England there were 7,005 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 165 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 8% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 1%.

The figures also show that 26 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to April 3. This was down from 32 in the previous seven days.