SINCE the start of the pandemic, 500 Covid patients have been treated at St Mary's Hospital.
The milestone came on Sunday, January 17, according to the latest government data.
Of those, 97 died in hospital, and 88 are currently still being treated there (as of Tuesday, the latest date data is available for).
We also know at least two were airlifted to Southampton.
It means approximately 315 people have been to St Mary's as a Covid patient and have subsequently been discharged.
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On Tuesday, ten patients were on ventilators.
Government data is released weekly, and one week ago, there were 66 Covid patients in St Mary's, and the week before that, there were 40.
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