WARRINGTON Hospital is currently caring for four in-patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of one on last week, while one new case has been confirmed in the town.
One of the patients is currently in intensive care, also an increase of one on last week.
But there have been no new deaths reported in a week and just one new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Warrington in the last 24 hours, according to the latest daily figures from Public Health England.
A total of 1,326 people have now tested positive in the Warrington area which equates to 632.8 per 100,000 population – an increase of one on yesterday’s figures.
A total of 136* patients have sadly died at Warrington Hospital, along with 197 people in local care homes, two patients at a hospice and three people at home, taking the town’s death toll to at least 338.
Warrington & Halton Hospitals Covid-19 update for week ending Thursday 16th July (previous week in brackets)
· To date the hospital has tested 11,050 (10,143) in-patients/community of which 1,190 (1,182 ) have tested positive.
· The hospital currently caring for 4 (3) in-patients who have tested positive for Covid-19 of which there is 1 (0) Covid-19 positive patient in ICU
· They have discharged 376 (372 ) patients and sadly 135* (135 ) have died.
· Daily average patients through A&E is 216 and for Runcorn Urgent Care Centre is 52
· 8 Babies born this week (inc. home and hospital) compared with 7 in the same week last year.
Across the UK the daily number of COVID-19 associated UK deaths was 66, taking the total number of deaths to 45,119.
The daily number of lab-confirmed UK cases was 642 taking the total number to 292,552.
For the latest information visit https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/
*There is a discrepancy of one death between Warrington Hospital’s confirmed number of deaths and those recorded by Public Health England.
