Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust cares for two Covid-19 patients in hospital

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust was caring for two coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Joanna Morris, Data Reporter
Published 18th Mar 2022, 10:40 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 two 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 15 was down from four on the same day the previous week.

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There were two beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 10,877 people in hospital with Covid as of March 15, with 235 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 9% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 27%.

The figures also show that three new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust in the week to March 13. This was down from four in the previous seven days.