Liverpool University Hospitals Trust cares for 213 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Liverpool University Hospitals Trust was caring for 213 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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.

Liverpool University Hospitals Trust was caring for 213 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 down from 264 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 11% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 240.

Across England there were 16,552 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 319 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including eight at Liverpool University 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 198 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Liverpool University Hospitals Trust in the week to April 3. This was down from 228 in the previous seven days.