Bolton Trust cares for 59 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Bolton Trust was caring for 59 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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 59 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 June 21 was up from 57 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 55% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 38.

Across England there were 6,002 people in hospital with Covid as of June 21, with 149 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including one at Bolton Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 29% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 5%.

The figures also show that 58 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Bolton Trust in the week to June 19. This was up from 49 in the previous seven days.