Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust cares for one Covid-19 patient in hospital

Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 11th Mar 2022, 11:55 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 one coronavirus patient 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 March 8 was down from two on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 94% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 16.

Across England there were 9,176 people in hospital with Covid as of March 8, with 242 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 20% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 37%.

The figures also show that two new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 6.