Gateshead Health Trust cares for 62 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Gateshead Health Trust was caring for 62 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 30th Jul 2021, 12:52 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 62 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 27 was up from 53 on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 5,163 people in hospital with Covid as of July 27, with 738 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally more than trebled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators almost trebled, increasing by 185%.

The figures also show that 54 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 25. This was up from 50 in the previous seven days.