Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 54 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 54 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 27th Jan 2023, 10:41 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 54 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 January 25 was up from 40 on the same day the previous week.

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There were 16 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.

Across England there were 5,632 people in hospital with Covid as of January 25, with 126 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 40% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 40%.

The figures also show that 21 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to January 23. This was down from 23 in the previous seven days.