Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust cares for 23 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust was caring for 23 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 25th Mar 2022, 10:52 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 23 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 22 was up from eight on 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 increased by 53% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 15.

Across England there were 13,060 people in hospital with Covid as of March 22, with 269 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 46% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 5%.

The figures also show that 19 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust in the week to March 20. This was up from six in the previous seven days.