Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust cares for one Covid-19 patient in hospital

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 6th May 2022, 11:21 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.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient 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 3 was down from five on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 97% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 29.

Across England there were 9,243 people in hospital with Covid as of May 3, with 237 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 44% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 26%.

The figures also show that no new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust in the week to May 1. This was down from five in the previous seven days.