West London NHS Trust cares for two Covid-19 patients in hospital (Image: Newsquest)
West London NHS Trust was caring for two coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
NHS England data shows no people were being treated in hospital for Covid-19 a week earlier, on July 13, and there were none four weeks ago.
Across England there were 3,894 people in hospital with Covid as of July 20, with 544 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally almost trebled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators more than doubled, increasing by 140%.
The figures also show that three new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in West London NHS Trust in the week to July 18.
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