Stockport Trust cares for 48 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Stockport Trust was caring for 48 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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.

Stockport Trust was caring for 48 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 December 21 was up from 21 on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 8,643 people in hospital with Covid as of December 21, with 174 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 88% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 49%.

The figures also show that 48 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Stockport NHS Foundation Trust in the week to December 19. This was up from 29 in the previous seven days.