Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust cares for 20 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 20 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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.

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 20 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 December 28 was up from 16 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by seven in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 13.

Across England there were 9,546 people in hospital with Covid as of December 28, with 758 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally increased by 56% in the last four weeks, however the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 6%.

The figures also show that 18 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust in the week to December 26. This was up from 11 in the previous seven days.