Revealed: Number Of Covid Patients On Ventilators Nearing Pandemic-High At 4 NHS Trusts

The number of coronavirus patients on ventilators is already nearing the figure recorded at the peak of the pandemic at a handful of NHS trusts in England, analysis by HuffPost UK has revealed.

Examination of figures published by NHS England on Thursday shows there are four trusts where the number of mechanical ventilation beds occupied by Covid-19 patients is approaching the highest figure recorded between April and the start of October.

It does not mean these trusts are close to being overwhelmed – but it’s an indicator of how the second wave of the virus is developing in England.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were among those where the number of mechanical ventilation beds occupied by coronavirus patients is at 75% or more of the highest recorded figure.

Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust also made the list.

NHS England said it was vital the public did everything they could to try and control the spread of the virus.

It comes as England faces a second wave of Covid-19, with swathes of the country under additional restrictions in a...

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