Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust was caring for 93 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show. NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on February 9 was down from 150 on the same day the previous week. The number of beds at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 57 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 216. The figures also show that 74 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 7. This was down from 101 in the previous seven days.
Over 100,000 people in the top priority groups have now received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Gloucestershire. GP surgery teams, hospital vaccination teams and community volunteers have been praised for their efforts after this major COVID-19 vaccination milestone was reached in the county. An NHS spokeswoman said: The NHS is confident that, pending vaccine supply, it is on track to meet the target of vaccinating the first four priority groups by the middle of this month. Clinical Chair of NHS Gloucestershire clinical commissioning group, Dr Andy Seymour said: “It seems that every few days our remarkable vaccination teams hit another important COVID-19 vaccination milestone.
Three new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust in the latest 24-hour period, the latest official figures show. NHS England figures show 480 people had died in hospital at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as of 5pm on Tuesday (January 26). That was an increase of three compared to Monday, when there were 477. It means there have been 31 deaths in the past week, down from 32 the previous week. The victims were among 3,356 deaths recorded across the South West. Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death. This means some of the deaths that were first recorded in the latest period may actually have taken place days earlier.