The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust cares for 81 Covid-19 patients in hospital

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust was caring for 81 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 30th Jul 2021, 12:52 BST
Updated 12th Aug 2021, 10:07 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.

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust was caring for 81 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 July 27 was up from 77 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than quadrupled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 18.

Across England there were 5,163 people in hospital with Covid as of July 27, with 738 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally more than trebled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators almost trebled, increasing by 185%.

The figures also show that 84 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 25. This was up from 73 in the previous seven days.