Whittington Health NHS Trust cares for 54 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 31st Mar 2023, 11:03 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 54 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

Whittington Health NHS Trust was caring for 54 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 March 29 was up from 45 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 61.

Across England there were 7,963 people in hospital with Covid as of March 29, with 192 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 6% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 10%.

The figures also show that 27 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Whittington Health NHS Trust in the week to March 27. This was up from 20 in the previous seven days.