United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 35 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 21st Apr 2023, 11:10 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 35 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 35 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on April 19 was down from 46 on the same day the previous week.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

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 44.

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 34 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to April 17. This was down from 43 in the previous seven days.