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 Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on August 31 was in line with 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 95% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 20.

Across England there were 5,658 people in hospital with Covid as of August 31, with 144 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 42% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 38%.

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 29.