Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people in hospital with covid-19 were (a) in hospital with another condition and contracted covid-19 while in hospital and (b) admitted to hospital with covid-19 in each of the last three months.

The information requested on the proportion of people who were admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and those who contracted the virus in the last three months is not available. The following table shows the number of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 whilst in hospital between 7 April and 30 June.

Source: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/

Note:

1. Data is only available from 7 April 2021.

The following table shows the number of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 between 1 April and 30 June.

Source: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare

Note:

1. Data only includes confirmed cases.