University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Trust cares for 49 Covid-19 patients in hospital

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Trust was caring for 49 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Joanna Morris, Data Reporter
Published 24th Sep 2021, 11:22 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 49 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 21 was down from 53 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 increased by 7% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 46.

Across England there were 5,543 people in hospital with Covid as of September 21, with 774 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 6% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 10%.

The figures also show that 57 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in the week to September 19. This was up from 53 in the previous seven days.