NEARLY 1,130 people are currently being treated for Covid in hospitals across the North-East, with almost 120 on ventilators, as cases rise across trusts.

The number of North-East and Yorkshire Covid-19 patients currently in hospital, reported on Saturday, January 16, is 3,567 while there are 280 patients on ventilators.

The latest daily total reveals there 416 patients admitted to hospital, as of January 14, bringing the region's total to 48,432.

Every NHS Trust across the North-East reported an increase of patients both in hospital and on ventilators.

The most recent data that breaks downs cases via trust, reported on January 12, shows how the region is struggling to curb the spread of the virus despite an England-wide lockdown. 

There are 1,129 people are currently being treated for Covid in hospitals across the North-East, with 117 on ventilators. 

Two trusts are currently treating over 220 coronavirus patients while one has nearly 30 patients on ventilators. 

It comes as Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director for the NHS in England said the vaccination programme will not reduce pressure on the NHS for “many weeks to come”.

“As the chief executive of the NHS said yesterday, we are in a precarious position at the moment,” he said.

“We have a huge demand on the NHS because of Covid infections since Christmas Eve.

“We have seen 15,000 new people being admitted, so that’s well over 20 hospitals worth of new patients.

“So it’s really important that everybody sticks to those social distancing guidelines that are in place because the vaccine programme won’t help us in the NHS for many weeks to come.

“So we’re relying at the moment on everybody doing what they’ve done throughout the last year – sticking to the rules, stopping the virus being transmitted. That will reduce deaths and of course it will take pressure off hospitals.”

Here's how each NHS Trust in the North-East compares:

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust - 225 Covid patients in hospital  and 14 on ventilators, up 6 and 5 respectively 

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust - 224 Covid patients in hospital and 16 on ventilators, up 3 and 6 respectively 

North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust - 216 Covid patients in hospital and 15 on ventilators, up 41 and 3 respectively 

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - 185 Covid patients in hospital and 28 on ventilators, up 44 and 7 respectively 

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - 122 Covid patients in hospital and 17 on ventilators, up 24 and 2 respectively 

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - 133 Covid patients in hospital and 17 on ventilators, up 33 and no change respectively 

Gateshead Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - 74 Covid patients in hospital and 10 on ventilators, up 9 and 6 respectively 

Total number of Covid patients being cared for in the region: 1,129, up 100

Total number of Covid patients on ventilators in the region: 117, up 29