Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 76 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 76 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

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

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

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on May 31 was up from 74 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 51.

Across England there were 2,780 people in hospital with Covid as of May 31, with 77 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 39% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 38%.

The figures also show that 34 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to May 29. This was down from 38 in the previous seven days.