Gateshead Health Trust cares for 60 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Gateshead Health Trust was caring for 60 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 12th Aug 2022, 10:26 BST

Gateshead Health Trust was caring for 60 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 August 9 was down from 66 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 14% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 70.

Across England there were 8,624 people in hospital with Covid as of August 9, with 233 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 37% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 12%.

The figures also show that 31 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to August 7. This was down from 33 in the previous seven days.