Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 66 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 66 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 6th Jan 2023, 10:23 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 66 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 January 4 was up from 16 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 tripled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 21.

Across England there were 9,332 people in hospital with Covid as of January 4, with 212 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 70% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 78%.

The figures also show that 20 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to January 2. This was up from 19 in the previous seven days.