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

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust was caring for three 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 three 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 May 3 was down from nine on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 87% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 23.

Across England there were 9,243 people in hospital with Covid as of May 3, with 237 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 decreased by 44% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 26%.

The figures also show that two new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust in the week to May 1. This was down from seven in the previous seven days.