Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 76 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 76 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Federica Bedendo, Data Reporter
Published 17th Sep 2021, 10:41 BST
Updated 17th Sep 2021, 10:43 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.

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 76 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 September 14 was up from 72 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by one in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 77.

Across England there were 6,344 people in hospital with Covid as of September 14, with 888 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 17% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 8%.

The figures also show that 35 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to September 12. This was up from 17 in the previous seven days.