Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust cares for 23 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust was caring for 23 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust was caring for 23 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 April 5 was down from 27 on the same day the previous week.

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There were eight beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 16,552 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 319 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 80% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 32%.

The figures also show that 23 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust in the week to April 3. This was up from 20 in the previous seven days.