Black Country Healthcare Trust cares for six patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 10th Feb 2023, 12:53 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.
Black Country Healthcare Trust was caring for six patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Black Country Healthcare Trust was caring for six patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows no people were being treated in hospital with Covid-19 at 8am on February 1.

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There were four beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 6,382 people in hospital with Covid as of February 8, with 117 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 18% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 36%.

The figures also show that six new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 6.