Sussex Community Trust cares for three patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 12th May 2023, 12:11 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.
Sussex Community Trust was caring for three patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

Sussex Community Trust was caring for three 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 May 10 was down from four on the same day the previous week.

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There were seven beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 4,207 people in hospital with Covid as of May 10, with 100 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 26%.

The figures also show that four new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 8. This was up from two in the previous seven days.