Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust cares for 15 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust was caring for 15 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 April 26 was down from 26 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 25% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 12.

Across England there were 11,320 people in hospital with Covid as of April 26, with 276 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 27% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 15%.

The figures also show that two new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust in the week to April 24. This was down from 19 in the previous seven days.