Gateshead Health Trust cares for 14 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 25th Aug 2023, 15:51 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.
Gateshead Health Trust was caring for 14 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, figures show.

Gateshead Health Trust was caring for 14 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on August 20 was up from 12 on the same day the previous week.

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Across England there were 2,508 people in hospital with Covid as of August 20.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has more than doubled in the last four weeks.

The figures also show that eight new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to August 18.