Mersey Care Trust cares for one Covid-19 patient in hospital

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Mersey Care Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient 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 down from two on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 21 in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 22.

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 no new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in the week to August 8.