Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust cares for 11 Covid-19 patients in hospital

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on April 27 was down from 17 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at the trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 62 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 29.

Across England there were 1,310 people in hospital with Covid as of April 27, with 196 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 60 per cent in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 62 per cent.

Figures also show four new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to April 25.

This was down from 10 in the previous seven days.

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