Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust cares for 123 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust was caring for 123 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, NHS England figures show.

The data shows that the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on December 15 was up from 70 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 4 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 118.

Across England there were 15,031 people in hospital with Covid as of December 15, with 1,159 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised has increased by 4%, while those on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 6 per cent, in the last four weeks across England.

The figures also show that 111 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to December 13. This was up from 76 in the previous seven days.