George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust cares for 13 Covid-19 patients in hospital

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 13 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, 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.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 13 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 December 28 was up from seven on the same day the previous week.

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There were five beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Across England there were 9,459 people in hospital with Covid as of December 28, with 209 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 91% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 63%.

The figures also show that eight new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in the week to December 26. This was the same number as in the previous seven days.