Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust cares for 12 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 24th Mar 2023, 11:13 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.
Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust was caring for 12 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust was caring for 12 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 22 was up from five on the same day the previous week.

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There were nine beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 8,387 people in hospital with Covid as of March 22, with 172 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 5% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 5%.

The figures also show that 19 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 20. This was up from 13 in the previous seven days.