Mid and South Essex Trust cares for 91 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Mid and South Essex Trust was caring for 91 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 91 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 August 31 was up from 62 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 24 in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 67.

Across England there were 6,293 people in hospital with Covid as of August 31, with 879 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally rose by 23% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators increased by 13%.

The figures also show that 84 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in the week to August 29. This was up from 70 in the previous seven days.