Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust cares for 14 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 3rd Feb 2023, 14:49 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.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust was caring for 14 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust was caring for 14 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 February 1 was down from 20 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 53.

Across England there were 6,055 people in hospital with Covid as of February 1, with 136 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 36%.

The figures also show that 17 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 30. This was up from 11 in the previous seven days.