Bolton Trust cares for 122 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Bolton Trust was caring for 122 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 22nd Apr 2022, 11:52 BST
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Bolton Trust was caring for 122 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 April 19 was down from 136 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 72% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 71.

Across England there were 14,607 people in hospital with Covid as of April 19, with 296 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including two at Bolton Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 12% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 10%.

The figures also show that 96 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Bolton Trust in the week to April 17. This was down from 129 in the previous seven days.