George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust cares for 16 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 16 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 10th Mar 2023, 11:01 BST
File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.
File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 16 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 8 was up from 11 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 18.

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    Across England there were 7,655 people in hospital with Covid as of March 8, with 166 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

    Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 20% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 42%.

    The figures also show that 16 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in the week to March 6. This was up from five in the previous seven days.