Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust cares for 39 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was caring for 39 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 4th Mar 2022, 13:00 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.

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was caring for 39 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 1 was up from 38 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 40% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 65.

Across England there were 8,486 people in hospital with Covid as of March 1, with 245 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 34% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 45%.

The figures also show that 19 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust in the week to February 27. This was down from 23 in the previous seven days.