East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust cares for 31 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 27th Jan 2023, 10:42 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 Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 31 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 31 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on January 25 was down from 38 on the same day the previous week.

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There were 82 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Across England there were 5,632 people in hospital with Covid as of January 25, with 126 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 40% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 40%.

The figures also show that 47 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in the week to January 23. This was down from 53 in the previous seven days.