South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust cares for 157 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 11th Apr 2023, 11:05 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.
South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust was caring for 157 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of last Wednesday, figures show.

South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust was caring for 157 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of last Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on April 5 was up from 148 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 10% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 143.

Across England there were 7,005 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 165 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 8% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 1%.

The figures also show that 81 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust in the week to April 3. This was down from 89 in the previous seven days.