East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust cares for 29 Covid-19 patients in hospital

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 29 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 1st Jul 2022, 11:41 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.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 29 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 June 28 was up from 19 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 53% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 19.

Across England there were 8,120 people in hospital with Covid as of June 28, with 205 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 101% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 72%.

The figures also show that 47 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in the week to June 26. This was up from 19 in the previous seven days.