Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust cares for 77 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 77 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 29th Apr 2022, 11:25 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.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 77 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 April 26 was down from 80 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 32% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 113.

Across England there were 11,320 people in hospital with Covid as of April 26, with 276 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 27% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 15%.

The figures also show that 49 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in the week to April 24. This was up from 40 in the previous seven days.