Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust cares for 44 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 44 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 25th Mar 2022, 10:52 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 44 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 March 22 was up from 41 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 2% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 45.

Across England there were 13,060 people in hospital with Covid as of March 22, with 269 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – including one at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 46% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 5%.

The figures also show that 55 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust in the week to March 20. This was up from 53 in the previous seven days.