Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Trust cares for 25 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Trust was caring for 25 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.

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Trust was caring for 25 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 August 10 was up from 21 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 seven in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 18.

Across England there were 5,096 people in hospital with Covid as of August 10, with 782 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally increased by 72% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 66%.

The figures also show that 21 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to August 8. This was up from 16 in the previous seven days.