UNIVERSITY Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay Trust was caring for 30 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 May 10 was down from 56 on the same day the previous week.
The number of beds at University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 61 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 77.
Across England there were 7,363 people in hospital with Covid as of May 10, with 175 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 54% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 48%.
The figures also show that 76 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 8. This was down from 78 in the previous seven days.
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