University Hospitals Sussex Trust cares for 188 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 6th Jan 2023, 10:23 BST
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.
University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 188 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 188 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 January 4 was down from 191 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 66% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 113.

Across England there were 9,332 people in hospital with Covid as of January 4, with 212 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 70% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 78%.

The figures also show that 55 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 2. This was down from 101 in the previous seven days.