Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust cares for one Covid-19 patient in hospital

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient 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 August 23 was down from six on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 93% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 15.

Across England there were 6,436 people in hospital with Covid as of August 23, with 135 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 47% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 53%.

The figures also show that no new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in the week to August 21. This was down from one in the previous seven days.