Sussex Partnership Trust cares for 26 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Sussex Partnership Trust was caring for 26 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Joanna Morris, Data Reporter
Published 18th Mar 2022, 10:40 BST
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Sussex Partnership Trust was caring for 26 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on March 15 was up from three on the same day the previous week.

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There were eight beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 10,877 people in hospital with Covid as of March 15, with 235 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Sussex Partnership Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 9% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 27%.

The figures also show that no new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Sussex Partnership Trust in the week to March 13.