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

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 eight patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

George Eliot Hospital NHS 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 April 19 was up from four on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 5,590 people in hospital with Covid as of April 19, with 118 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 33% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 31%.

The figures also show that seven new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in the week to April 17. This was up from two in the previous seven days.