United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 17 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 2nd Jun 2023, 11:48 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.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 17 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 17 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on May 31 was down from 28 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 20.

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 16 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to May 29. This was down from 28 in the previous seven days.