Mersey Care Trust cares for one Covid-19 patient in hospital

Mersey Care Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 17th Dec 2021, 11:47 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 one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows no people were being treated in hospital for Covid-19 at 8am on December 7.

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There were two beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 6,434 people in hospital with Covid as of December 14, with 795 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 3% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by one.

The figures also show that four new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in the week to December 12. This was up from two in the previous seven days.