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

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 6th Oct 2023, 11:04 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 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, figures show.

Gateshead Health Trust was caring for 53 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 October 1 was up from 40 on the same day the previous week.

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Across England there were 3,815 people in hospital with Covid as of October 1.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 30% in the last four weeks.

The figures also show that 42 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to September 29.