The number of people being hospitalised with Covid-19 at North Bristol NHS Trust has reached the highest level since January 2021, amid concern over case levels rising aross the UK. The trust, which manages Southmead and Cossham hospitals, hit an average figure of 19.4 coronavirus patients being admitted to hospital per day over a seven day period on March 24, the latest day from which data is available.
The last time that the figure was this high was on January 30, 2021, when the trust recorded an average of 20.6 admissions per day. During the last winter, when the arrival of the highly contagious Omicron variant prompted the government to introduce plan B restrictions, the highest figure for daily Covid admissions at the trust was 18.6, on January 15, 2022.
Bristol's other NHS trust, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, recorded an average of 18.3 admissions per day on March 24. However, it saw much higher peaks over winter, spiking at 20.3 and 22 patients admitted each day on January 5 and February 2 respectively.
