Latest update on coronavirus at Barts Health hospitals
This page has been created to provide information on coronavirus cases at Barts Health hospitals and will be updated daily except for Saturday and Sunday.
As of 8am on 23rd October 2020 at Barts Health hospitals:
• 71 in-patients have laboratory confirmed Covid-19.
• Of those with confirmed Covid-19, 15 were newly diagnosed in the previous 24 hours.
• 15 patients with confirmed Covid-19 are being cared for in intensive care.
As of 5pm on 22nd October 2020 at Barts Health hospitals:
• 692 patients hospitalised with confirmed Covid-19 have sadly died.
For the same period 3,525 inpatients hospitalised with confirmed Covid-19 have recovered and have been discharged.
In remembrance of our colleagues
It is with deep sadness to announce that we have lost four members of the Barts Health family: Miharajiya Mohideen – known as Raji to colleagues – a healthcare assistant on Tayberry Ward at Newham Hospital; Mr Van Lang Hoang, patient transport driver; Mark Woolcock, ambulance care assistant; Dr Habibhai Babu – known to all of us as Babu – an SHO in older people’s services at Whipps Cross Hospital.
Further information
Guidance for patients and visitors on our services during the coronavirus pandemic.