Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust cares for 42 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was caring for 42 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 25th Mar 2022, 10:52 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 42 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 22 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 increased by 11% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 38.

Across England there were 13,060 people in hospital with Covid as of March 22, with 269 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 46% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 5%.

The figures also show that 33 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust in the week to March 20. This was up from 30 in the previous seven days.