University Hospitals Sussex Trust cares for 118 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 11th Mar 2022, 11:55 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.
University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 118 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 118 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 8 was up from 115 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 11% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 106.

Across England there were 9,176 people in hospital with Covid as of March 8, with 242 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 20% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 37%.

The figures also show that 146 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 6. This was down from 148 in the previous seven days.