Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust cares for 13 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust was caring for 13 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 30th Jul 2021, 12:52 BST
Updated 12th Aug 2021, 08:07 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.

Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust was caring for 13 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 July 27 was up from five on the same day the previous week.

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There were two beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 5,163 people in hospital with Covid as of July 27, with 738 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally more than trebled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators almost trebled, increasing by 185%.

The figures also show that four new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 25. This was up from two in the previous seven days.