University Hospitals Sussex Trust cares for 69 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 2nd Dec 2022, 11:02 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.
University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 69 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 69 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on November 30 was up from 41 on the same day the previous week.

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There were 83 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 4,964 people in hospital with Covid as of November 30, with 128 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 32% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 27%.

The figures also show that 62 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in the week to November 28. This was up from 45 in the previous seven days.