South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust cares for 147 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust was caring for 147 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
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.

South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust was caring for 147 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 22 was up from 141 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 20% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 123.

Across England there were 8,387 people in hospital with Covid as of March 22, with 172 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 5% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 5%.

The figures also show that 79 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 20. This was up from 71 in the previous seven days.