North Bristol NHS Trust cares for 27 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 5th May 2023, 14:16 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.
North Bristol NHS Trust was caring for 27 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

North Bristol NHS Trust was caring for 27 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on May 3 was up from 18 on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 4,585 people in hospital with Covid as of May 3, with 124 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 25%.

The figures also show that 39 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in North Bristol NHS Trust in the week to May 1. This was up from 29 in the previous seven days.