In East Sussex, 73 people have tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. Figures show that 29,028 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Tuesday - a rise from 28,955 the same time on Monday. The rate of infection in East Sussex now stands at 5,209 cases per 100,000 people, while the area s cases were among the 498,782 recorded across the South East. In West Sussex, 125 people tested positive for Covid-19. A total of 38,066 people have been confirmed as testing positive in the area. That number rose from 37,941 the same time on Monday.
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SIX people have died from coronavirus at Brighton and Sussex Trust over the weekend, the latest official figures have revealed. NHS England figures show 382 people had died in hospital at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust as of 5pm on Sunday. That was an increase of six compared to Friday, when there were 376. It means there have been 41 deaths in the past week, down from 43 the previous week. The victims were among 9,579 deaths recorded across the South East. The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Brighton and Hove also increased by 177 over the weekend. Public Health England figures show that 13,173 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday - up from 12,996 the same time on Friday.
A TOTAL of ten people have died from coronavirus in the latest 24-hour period, official figures reveal. NHS England figures show 367 people had died in hospital at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust as of 5pm on Wednesday. That was an increase of ten compared to Tuesday when there were 357. It means there have been 44 deaths in the past week, up from 41 the previous week. The victims were among 9,154 deaths recorded across the South East. In East Sussex, nine new coronavirus deaths have been recorded. NHS England figures show 524 people had died in hospital at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust as of 5pm on Wednesday.
Drug-dependent newborns were given withdrawal treatment around 100 times in Sussex between 2019 and 2020. Morphine and methadone were among substances given to babies to wean them from drugs used in pregnancy by their mothers. They suffered neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) after being exposed to addictive, often opiate-based drugs like heroin, codeine or benzodiazepines like diazepam. Drug-dependent infants can soon develop severe withdrawal symptoms, signs of which include a continuous high-pitched cry, feeding problems, profuse vomiting, tremors, face scratching and convulsions. Treatment involves weaning the baby from the drug on which it is dependent, with morphine often used when mothers have been taking opioids.
Figures cover Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust and other health trusts in our area HOSPITALS across Sussex are caring for more coronavirus patients than during the peak of the first wave of Covid-19, figures reveal. As of January 12, all health trusts in our area were treating more patients than at the height of the pandemic in April. One trust had five times as many patients - with full figures available below. Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned there was a “very substantial” risk of intensive care units being overwhelmed by the current wave of Covid-19 cases, as the number of patients in hospital with the virus reached a record high nationally.