Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 76 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 76 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 1st Jul 2022, 10:56 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 76 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 June 28 was up from 40 on the same day the previous week.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

The number of beds at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 65% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 46.

Across England there were 8,120 people in hospital with Covid as of June 28, with 205 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 101% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 72%.

The figures also show that 63 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to June 26. This was up from 44 in the previous seven days.