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

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust was caring for eight coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Joanna Morris, Data Reporter
Published 18th Mar 2022, 10:40 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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust was caring for eight 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 March 15 was in line with 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 20% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 10.

Across England there were 10,877 people in hospital with Covid as of March 15, with 235 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 increased by 9% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 27%.

The figures also show that six new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust in the week to March 13. This was up from five in the previous seven days.