Sussex Community Trust cares for eight patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 10th Feb 2023, 12:53 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.
Sussex Community Trust was caring for eight patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Sussex Community Trust was caring for eight patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on February 8 was up from seven on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 10.

Across England there were 6,382 people in hospital with Covid as of February 8, with 117 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 18% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 36%.

The figures also show that six new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 6. This was down from nine in the previous seven days.