Oxleas Trust cares for 14 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 8th Jul 2022, 10:56 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.
Oxleas Trust was caring for 14 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Oxleas Trust was caring for 14 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 July 5 was up from nine on the same day the previous week.

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There were four beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 11,049 people in hospital with Covid as of July 5, with 229 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 97%.

The figures also show that six new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 3. This was down from nine in the previous seven days.