Royal United Hospitals Bath Trust cares for 38 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Royal United Hospitals Bath Trust was caring for 38 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 16th Dec 2022, 11:42 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.

Royal United Hospitals Bath Trust was caring for 38 coronavirus patients 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 December 14 was up from 13 on the same day the previous week.

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There were eight beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 6,720 people in hospital with Covid as of December 14, with 150 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 34% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has ​increased by 23%​.

The figures also show that 46 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in the week to December 12. This was up from 19 in the previous seven days.