Eight Covid patients in intensive care at Queen’s and King George hospitals

28 more people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 – 20 deaths fewer compared to figures from the previous week (credit: BHRUT)

Only eight patients diagnosed with Covid-19 are in intensive care at Queen’s and King George hospitals, according to new data.

The figures up to Wednesday, 24 February show a decrease of nine people in critical care with coronavirus compared to data from the previous seven days.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT), which runs both facilities, has confirmed 28 more people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in the last week.

The data from the BHRUT shows there have been 20 fewer deaths from coronavirus compared to figures from the previous week.

A further 185 people have also recovered from Covid-19 and have been discharged from the two facilities in the past week.

1,571 patients in total have died at Queen’s, in Romford, and King George, in Goodmayes, since the start of the pandemic within 28 days of having a positive coronavirus test.

4,605 patients have recovered from Covid-19 in the same period and have been discharged from the two hospitals.

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