Mersey Care Trust cares for seven Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Joanna Morris, Data Reporter
Published 22nd Oct 2021, 10:07 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.
Mersey Care Trust was caring for seven coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Mersey Care Trust was caring for seven 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 October 19 was up from three on the same day the previous week.

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There were no beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 6,099 people in hospital with Covid as of October 19, with 733 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 10% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 5%.

The figures also show that five new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in the week to October 17. This was up from one in the previous seven days.