Pennine Care Trust cares for one Covid-19 patient in hospital

Pennine Care Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 27th May 2022, 10:39 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 one coronavirus patient 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 May 24 was down from two on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 4,639 people in hospital with Covid as of May 24, with 142 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 59% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 49%.

The figures also show that five new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 22. This was up from two in the previous seven days.