South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust cares for 63 Covid-19 patients in hospital

South Tyneside and Sunderland Trust was caring for 63 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 27th May 2022, 10:39 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 63 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 May 24 was down from 81 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 decreased by 49% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 123.

Across England there were 4,639 people in hospital with Covid as of May 24, with 142 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 59% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 49%.

The figures also show that 37 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 22. This was up from 34 in the previous seven days.