Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust cares for 60 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 60 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 22nd Apr 2022, 11:52 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 60 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 April 19 was up from 56 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 36% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 44.

Across England there were 14,607 people in hospital with Covid as of April 19, with 296 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 12% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 10%.

The figures also show that 72 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust in the week to April 17. This was down from 74 in the previous seven days.