South Warwickshire Trust cares for eight patients with Covid-19 in hospital

South Warwickshire Trust was caring for eight patients with coronavirus 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.

South Warwickshire Trust was caring for eight 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 May 17 was down from nine on the same day the previous week.

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There were seven beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 3,550 people in hospital with Covid as of May 17, with 89 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 36% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 25%.

The figures also show that 12 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 15. This was up from eight in the previous seven days.