Birmingham Women's and Children's Trust cares for three Covid-19 patients in hospital

Birmingham Women's and Children's Trust was caring for three coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 4th Mar 2022, 13:00 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 Women's and Children's Trust was caring for three 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 1 was down from four on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 85% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 20.

Across England there were 8,486 people in hospital with Covid as of March 1, with 245 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Birmingham Women's and Children's Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 34% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 45%.

The figures also show that 10 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Birmingham Women's and Children's Trust in the week to February 27. This was up from eight in the previous seven days.