Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust cares for 11 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust was caring for 11 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Patrick Jack, Data Reporter
Published 27th May 2022, 10:39 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.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust was caring for 11 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 May 24 was down from 25 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 81% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 58.

Across England there were 4,639 people in hospital with Covid as of May 24, with 142 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 59% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 49%.

The figures also show that 17 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 22. This was down from 26 in the previous seven days.