Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Trust cares for 37 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Trust was caring for 37 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 22nd Apr 2022, 11:52 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.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Trust was caring for 37 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 April 19 was down from 49 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 3% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 38.

Across England there were 14,607 people in hospital with Covid as of April 19, with 296 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 12% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 10%.

The figures also show that 50 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Trust in the week to April 17. This was the same number as in the previous seven days.