Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust cares for one Covid-19 patient in hospital

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows no people were being treated in hospital for Covid-19 at 8am on January 25.

The number of beds at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 91% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 11.

Across England there were 6,055 people in hospital with Covid as of February 1, with 136 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 36%.

The figures also show that one new Covid patient was admitted to hospital in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 30.