Manchester University Trust cares for 364 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 8th Apr 2022, 10:32 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.
Manchester University Trust was caring for 364 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Manchester University Trust was caring for 364 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 5 was up from 324 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Manchester University 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 212.

Across England there were 16,552 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 319 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including seven at Manchester University Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 80% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 32%.

The figures also show that 233 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Manchester University Trust in the week to April 3. This was up from 216 in the previous seven days.