Pennine Care Trust cares for 13 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Pennine Care Trust was caring for 13 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 8th Jul 2022, 10:56 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 13 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 July 5 was up from five on the same day the previous week.

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There were no beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 11,049 people in hospital with Covid as of July 5, with 229 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 97%.

The figures also show that 12 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 3. This was up from five in the previous seven days.