Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 16 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 16 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 30th Dec 2022, 12:33 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.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 16 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on December 28 was down from 58 on the same day the previous week.

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There were 13 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.

Across England there were 9,459 people in hospital with Covid as of December 28, with 209 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 91% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 63%.

The figures also show that 19 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to December 26. This was down from 36 in the previous seven days.