Liverpool University Hospitals Trust cares for 44 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Liverpool University Hospitals Trust was caring for 44 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 5th May 2023, 14:16 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 44 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on May 3 was up from 36 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 in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 72.

Across England there were 4,585 people in hospital with Covid as of May 3, with 124 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 25%.

The figures also show that 35 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 1. This was up from 34 in the previous seven days.