More than 50 people in hospital in Mansfield and Ashfield with Covid

NHS England data shows Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust – which runs Mansfield Community, Sutton’s King’s Mill and Newark hospitals – was caring for 53 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, August 31.

It is down from the 62 people in trust hospitals the previous Tuesday, August 23.

The number of Sherwood Forest Hospitals beds occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 has fallen by 17 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 64.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs sites across the county and further afield, including Millbrook Mental Health Unit at King’s Mill, was caring for 18 coronavirus patients in hospital as of August 32, up from 15 the previous week, and down 28 per cent from 25 a month ago.

Across England there were 5,658 people in hospital with Covid as of August 31, with 144 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 42 per cent in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 38 per cent.

The figures also show that 21 new Covid patients were admitted to Sherwood Forest Hospitals in the week to August 29, down from 29 in the previous seven days, while three new Covid patients were admitted to Nottinghamshire Healthcare beds, the same as in the previous week.