North West Anglia Trust cares for 26 Covid-19 patients in hospital

North West Anglia Trust was caring for 26 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.

North West Anglia Trust was caring for 26 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 July 27 was down from 28 on the same day the previous week.

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There were six beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 5,163 people in hospital with Covid as of July 27, with 738 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally more than trebled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators almost trebled, increasing by 185%.

The figures also show that 25 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 25. This was up from 14 in the previous seven days.