Pennine Care Trust cares for two Covid-19 patients in hospital

Pennine Care Trust was caring for two coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Joanna Morris, Data Reporter
Published 18th Mar 2022, 10:40 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.

Pennine Care Trust was caring for two 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 March 15 was up from one on the same day the previous week.

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There were four beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 10,877 people in hospital with Covid as of March 15, with 235 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Pennine Care Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 9% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 27%.

The figures also show that two new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Pennine Care Trust in the week to March 13. This was up from one in the previous seven days.