Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust cares for 15 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust was caring for 15 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, 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 April 19 was down from 20 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 12.

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 one new patient with Covid was admitted to hospital in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the week to April 17. This was down from seven in the previous seven days.