Mid and South Essex Trust cares for 263 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Mid and South Essex Trust was caring for 263 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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.

Mid and South Essex Trust was caring for 263 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 down from 310 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 75% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 150.

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 229 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 27. This was up from 184 in the previous seven days.