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Hospitals in the north hit hard by surge in Covid patients
Leaked NHS data has revealed the full scale of the impact of the second wave of coronavirus on hospitals in England with some now treating more patients than they did during the spring.
The data, obtained as part of a joint investigation by The Independent and the Health Service Journal, showed hospitals in the north of England were the hardest hit with more than a quarter of beds, 408, at the Liverpool University Hospital Trust occupied by coronavirus patients.
Additionally, the Lancashire and South Cumbria region is now seeing 15 per cent of hospital beds, or 544, occupied by coronavirus patients, while in the northeast and Yorkshire there were 1,531 patients with coronavirus in hospital, nine per cent of the whole region.
In Manchester, which has been subject to added scrutiny given the recent stand-off between the government and local leaders over the funding required to enter Tier 3 restrictions, there were 685 patients in Manchester hospitals, 11 per cent of the total beds available, with another 100 patients suspected of having the virus. There were 62 patients being ventilated with 522 needing oxygen.
In total, there were almost 6,100 patients with the virus in hospitals across England on 22 October, with 4,670 receiving oxygen and 653 in critical care. A total of 563 patients were on ventilators to help them to breath.
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