Pennine Care Trust cares for three patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Pennine Care Trust was caring for three patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 3rd Mar 2023, 11:06 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 three 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 March 1 was up from one on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 7,507 people in hospital with Covid as of March 1, with 175 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 24% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 29%.

The figures also show that two new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 27. This was up from one in the previous seven days.