Covid patient numbers rise in King's Lynn
There's been a sharp increase
Last updated 21st Dec 2020
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn was caring for 112 coronavirus patients in hospital as of last Tuesday (15 December), NHS England figures show.
The data shows that the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am was up from 63 on the same day the previous week.
The number of beds at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than doubled in the last four weeks - 28 days ago, there were 40.
Across England there were 15,031 people in hospital with Covid as of 15 December, with 1,159 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised has increased by 4%, while those on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 6%, in the last four weeks across England.
The figures also show that 73 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust in the week to 13 December. This was up from 36 in the previous seven days.