North Bristol NHS Trust cares for 81 Covid-19 patients in hospital

North Bristol NHS Trust was caring for 81 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Federica Bedendo, Data Reporter
Published 14th Jan 2022, 10:59 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 81 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 January 11 was up from 54 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 increased by 33 in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 48.

Across England there were 16,939 people in hospital with Covid as of January 11, with 686 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally more than doubled in the last four weeks, however the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 14%.

The figures also show that 106 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in North Bristol NHS Trust in the week to January 9. This was up from 64 in the previous seven days.