South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust cares for 79 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 5th May 2023, 14:16 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.
South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust was caring for 79 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust was caring for 79 patients 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 3 was down from 101 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 50% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 157.

Across England there were 4,585 people in hospital with Covid as of May 3, with 124 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 25%.

The figures also show that 15 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 1. This was down from 35 in the previous seven days.