NHS trusts across the North East are still seeing patients with Covid admitted to hospitals with a small number of people currently in ventilation beds as the country attempts to live with the virus.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has recorded the highest amount of people admitted into hospital with Covid in the past seven days up to April 3 with 183 and is closely followed by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust with 145. The data also shows that every trust in the North East except one has at least one Covid patient in ventilation beds.
It comes after the Office for National Statistics showed that one in every 13 people had Covid-19 last week. And after free Covid-19 testing ended on March 31, the latest data shows hundreds are still testing positive each day in our region and fewer tests are being taken.
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In Gateshead, the case rate is down to 573.4 per 100,000 with 1,158 new cases over the past week while County Durham has a slightly lower case rate of 548.8 but with 2,926 new cases. Newcastle has an even lower case rate of 454.7 with 1,395 new cases over the past seven days.
North Tyneside has a case rate of 655.9 per 100,000 with 1,370 new cases over the past week while Sunderland has a case rate of 556.1 with 1,545 new cases. South Tyneside has the lowest case rate of them all with 428.8 and 648 new cases, while Northumberland has one of the highest case rates with 595.4 and 1,928 new cases.
Below is a breakdown of how many patients with Covid have been admitted to hospital in the latest seven days up to April 3 along with an accumulative total. It also shows the latest number of patients currently in hospital with Covid and how many people are in ventilation beds.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Patients admitted in the latest seven days- 145
Total- 8,567
Patients in hospital- 119
Patients in ventilation beds- 4
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Patients admitted in the latest seven days- 23
Total- 531
Patients in hospital- 23
Patients in ventilation beds- 0
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Patients admitted in the latest seven days- 67
Total- 3,118
Patients in hospital- 99
Patients in ventilation beds- 1
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Patients admitted in the latest seven days- 97
Total- 4,936
Patients in hospital- 88
Patients in ventilation beds- 5
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Patients admitted in the latest seven days- 183
Total- 5,857
Patients in hospital- 111
Patients in ventilation beds- 3
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Patients admitted in the latest seven days- 135
Total- 6,655
Patients in hospital- 158
Patients in ventilation beds- 4
