Northern Care Alliance Trust cares for 60 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Northern Care Alliance Trust was caring for 60 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 18th Nov 2022, 11:40 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 60 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on November 16 was down from 73 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 by 46% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 111.

Across England there were 5,010 people in hospital with Covid as of November 16, with 122 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 52% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 41%.

The figures also show that 37 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in the week to November 14. This was down from 39 in the previous seven days.