Gateshead Health Trust cares for 53 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Gateshead Health Trust was caring for 53 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Alex Ross, Data Reporter
Published 23rd Jul 2021, 11:10 BST
Updated 12th Aug 2021, 10:16 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.

Gateshead Health Trust was caring for 53 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 July 20 was up from 43 on the same day the previous week.

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There were five beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 3,894 people in hospital with Covid as of July 20, with 544 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally almost trebledin the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators more than doubled, increasing by 140%.

The figures also show that 50 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 18. This was down from 53 in the previous seven days.