Whittington Health NHS Trust cares for 35 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 12th May 2023, 12:11 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.
Whittington Health NHS Trust was caring for 35 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

Whittington Health NHS Trust was caring for 35 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on May 10 was down from 44 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Whittington Health NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 39.

Across England there were 4,207 people in hospital with Covid as of May 10, with 100 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 26%.

The figures also show that 22 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Whittington Health NHS Trust in the week to May 8. This was up from 19 in the previous seven days.