East Kent Hospitals University Trust cares for 174 Covid-19 patients in hospital

East Kent Hospitals University Trust was caring for 174 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.

East Kent Hospitals University Trust was caring for 174 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 144 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 69% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 103.

Across England there were 13,060 people in hospital with Covid as of March 22, with 269 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including two at East Kent Hospitals University 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 208 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in East Kent Hospitals University Trust in the week to March 20. This was up from 160 in the previous seven days.