The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust cares for 138 Covid-19 patients in hospital

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust was caring for 138 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 January 18 was down from 141 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than quadrupled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 33.

Across England there were 16,218 people in hospital with Covid as of January 18, with 614 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally more than doubled in the last four weeks, however the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 19%.

The figures also show that 165 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 16. This was up from 146 in the previous seven days.