Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 105 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 105 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

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.

placeholder image — 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.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 8 was up from 101 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 89.

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 50 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to March 6. This was up from 49 in the previous seven days.