Whittington Health NHS Trust cares for 47 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Whittington Health NHS Trust was caring for 47 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

placeholder image — Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on December 14 was up from 30 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Whittington Health NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 31.

Across England there were 6,720 people in hospital with Covid as of December 14, with 150 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 34% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 23%.

The figures also show that 35 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Whittington Health NHS Trust in the week to December 12. This was up from 18 in the previous seven days.