Northern Care Alliance Trust cares for 51 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Northern Care Alliance Trust was caring for 51 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 10th Feb 2023, 12:53 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.

Northern Care Alliance Trust was caring for 51 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on February 8 was up from 39 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 87.

Across England there were 6,382 people in hospital with Covid as of February 8, with 117 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 18% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 36%.

The figures also show that 18 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 6. This was down from 24 in the previous seven days.