Whittington Health NHS Trust cares for 39 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Whittington Health NHS Trust was caring for 39 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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 39 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 Aug-31 was down from 43 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 increased by 13 in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 26.

Across England there were 6,293 people in hospital with Covid as of Aug-31, with 879 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

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

The figures also show that 22 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Whittington Health NHS Trust in the week to Aug-29. This was down from 28 in the previous seven days.