Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Trust cares for 109 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 8th Apr 2022, 10:32 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.
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Trust was caring for 109 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Trust was caring for 109 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 5 was up from 97 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 82% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 60.

Across England there were 16,552 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 319 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including two at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 80% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 32%.

The figures also show that 77 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Trust in the week to April 3. This was down from 93 in the previous seven days.