Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 58 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 58 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 23rd Dec 2022, 09:39 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 58 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 December 21 was up from 46 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 22.

Across England there were 8,643 people in hospital with Covid as of December 21, with 174 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 88% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 49%.

The figures also show that 36 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to December 19. This was up from 29 in the previous seven days.