Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust cares for 28 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 28 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 13th May 2022, 15:07 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.

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 28 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 May 10 was down from 42 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 decreased by 50% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 56.

Across England there were 7,363 people in hospital with Covid as of May 10, with 175 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 54% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 48%.

The figures also show that 29 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust in the week to May 8. This was down from 47 in the previous seven days.