University Hospitals Sussex Trust cares for 44 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 20th Jan 2023, 11:18 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 44 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 44 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 January 18 was down from 84 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 65% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 125.

Across England there were 6,299 people in hospital with Covid as of January 18, with 146 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 27% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 16%.

The figures also show that 43 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 16. This was down from 55 in the previous seven days.