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Watford General Hospital has never been busier with Covid patients Watford General Hospital is under enormous pressure as staff try and cope with a huge influx of new Covid patients. The latest NHS data shows West Hertfordshire Hospital NHS Trust admitted 124 new Covid patients between December 23 and 27, taking the total number of Covid patients currently being cared for by the trust to a record 285. Extremely high infection rates across Hertfordshire and neighbouring areas has inevitably led to a surge in hospital admissions at Watford General - and a significant local rise in the number of over 60s catching the disease in the run-up to Christmas means more pressure is likely to be piled onto the NHS in the coming weeks.