Whittington Health NHS Trust cares for 69 Covid-19 patients in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 3rd Feb 2023, 14:49 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 69 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Whittington Health NHS Trust was caring for 69 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 February 1 was up from 67 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 in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 45.

Across England there were 6,055 people in hospital with Covid as of February 1, with 136 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 36%.

The figures also show that 24 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Whittington Health NHS Trust in the week to January 30. This was down from 30 in the previous seven days.