St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 63 Covid-19 patients in hospital

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 63 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Joanna Morris, Data Reporter
Published 10th Sep 2021, 10:54 BST
Updated 10th Sep 2021, 10:56 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.

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 63 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 September 7 was up from 50 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 66% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 38.

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    Across England there were 6,244 people in hospital with Covid as of September 7, with 885 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

    The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 23% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 13%.

    The figures also show that 52 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to September 5. This was up from 36 in the previous seven days.