University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Trust cares for 37 Covid-19 patients in hospital

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Trust was caring for 37 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Joanna Morris, Data Reporter
Published 1st Oct 2021, 11:31 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 Bristol and Weston Trust was caring for 37 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 September 28 was down from 49 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 21% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 47.

Across England there were 5,126 people in hospital with Covid as of September 28, with 681 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

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

The figures also show that 66 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in the week to September 26. This was up from 57 in the previous seven days.