Sussex Community Trust cares for two Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 18th Nov 2022, 11:40 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 two coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

Sussex Community Trust was caring for two 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 16 was down from six on the same day the previous week.

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There were 30 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 5,010 people in hospital with Covid as of November 16, with 122 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 52% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 41%.

The figures also show that seven new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust in the week to November 14. This was down from eight in the previous seven days.