Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust cares for 58 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 58 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 51 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 25.

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%, in the last four weeks across England.

The figures also show that 30 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in the week to December 13. This was up from 24 in the previous seven days.

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