East Kent Hospitals University Trust cares for 182 Covid-19 patients in hospital

East Kent Hospitals University Trust was caring for 182 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 1st Apr 2022, 11:21 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 182 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 29 was up from 174 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 47% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 124.

Across England there were 15,411 people in hospital with Covid as of March 29, with 325 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 82% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 33%.

The figures also show that 230 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 27. This was up from 208 in the previous seven days.