South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust cares for 143 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust was caring for 143 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter

Published 10th Mar 2023, 11:01 BST

File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.

South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust was caring for 143 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 8 was up from 131 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 30% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 110.

Across England there were 7,655 people in hospital with Covid as of March 8, with 166 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 20% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 42%.

The figures also show that 87 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 6. This was up from 67 in the previous seven days.