We will publish Covid-19 related data here about both our hospitals, King George in Goodmayes and Queen's in Romford, every Thursday.

Below is a snapshot of information taken on Wednesday 28 July - below this, you can see the data from the previous week.

• 48 in-patients with laboratory confirmed Covid-19.*
• Seven in-patients newly diagnosed in the previous 24 hours.
• Six patients with laboratory confirmed Covid-19 in critical care (intensive care / high dependency). **
• 1639 patients have sadly died and had a laboratory confirmed positive Covid-19 test result within 28 days of death.
• 5128 patients with Covid-19 have recovered and been discharged. ***
• Our critical care capacity has a total occupancy rate of 79.07 per cent (excluding NICU).
• Our total staff absence rate is currently 335 (4.49 per cent), of which 44 are in isolation and 17 have tested positive for Covid-19.

Below is a snapshot of information taken on Wednesday 21 July.

• 41 in-patients with laboratory confirmed Covid-19.*
• Nine in-patients newly diagnosed in the previous 24 hours.
• Seven patients with laboratory confirmed Covid-19 in critical care (intensive care / high dependency). **
• 1637 patients have sadly died and had a laboratory confirmed positive Covid-19 test result within 28 days of death.
• 5084 patients with Covid-19 have recovered and been discharged. ***
• Our critical care capacity has a total occupancy rate of 90.74 per cent (excluding NICU).
• Our total staff absence rate is currently 397 (5.32 per cent), of which eight (0.11 per cent) are in isolation and 21 (0.28 per cent) have tested positive for Covid-19.

* Swab taken within the last 14 days.
**This includes our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) beds.
***This includes medically suspected cases between March and October, not just laboratory confirmed.