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

Pennine Care Trust was caring for two patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 24th Mar 2023, 11:13 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 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 22 was down from 27 on the same day the previous week.

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There was one bed occupied by a patient with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 8,387 people in hospital with Covid as of March 22, with 172 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 5% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 5%.

The figures also show that one new patient with Covid was admitted to hospital in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 20. This was down from 23 in the previous seven days.