East Kent Hospitals University Trust cares for 101 Covid-19 patients in hospital

East Kent Hospitals University Trust was caring for 101 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 22nd Jul 2022, 11:31 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.

East Kent Hospitals University Trust was caring for 101 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 July 19 was down from 114 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 77% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 57.

Across England there were 13,837 people in hospital with Covid as of July 19, with 318 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, as has the number on mechanical ventilators.

The figures also show that 143 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 17. This was down from 156 in the previous seven days.