North Devon district hospital in Barnstaple had the highest rate of such cases among acute trusts in England at 31%. The data shows that hospitals in England estimate a total of 40,670 people probably caught coronavirus while in hospital in their care during that time. Photograph: Hannah McKay/PA“It is simply staggering that one in seven hospital patients who developed Covid-19 caught the virus while being treated for another illness. Recent research by Public Health England found that 15.5% of all cases of Covid among hospitalised patients had either probably or definitely occurred while they were in hospital. Thirteen people since August have caught coronavirus while an inpatient at the Whittington hospital, giving it a rate of just 1%.

Source: The Guardian March 26, 2021 06:00 UTC