Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust cares for 36 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was caring for 36 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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.

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was caring for 36 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 March 8 was down from 39 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 28% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 50.

Across England there were 9,176 people in hospital with Covid as of March 8, with 242 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 20% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 37%.

The figures also show that 27 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust in the week to March 6. This was up from 19 in the previous seven days.