Black Country Healthcare Trust cares for one patient with Covid-19 in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 19th May 2023, 12:39 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.
Black Country Healthcare Trust was caring for one patient with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

Black Country Healthcare Trust was caring for one patient with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on May 17 was down from three on the same day the previous week.

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There were three beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 3,550 people in hospital with Covid as of May 17, with 89 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 36% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 25%.

The figures also show that one new patient with Covid was admitted to hospital in Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 15. This was down from two in the previous seven days.