One more COVID-19 related death as hospital inpatient numbers rise to 108

ONE more COVID-19 related death has sadly been reported at Warrington Hospital since yesterday, with inpatient numbers rising to 108.

Inpatient numbers at Warrington Hospital have risen from 98-108 since yesterday, while 17 more patients were discharged in the past 24 hours.

The hospital has been appealing for people to only attend the accident and emergency department in an emergency. As of 4:18 pm today in Warrington Hospital Emergency Department the longest wait to see a doctor/nurse was Over 4 hours, with 54 people waiting and 146 on the department.

Meanwhile total of 276 (304) new COVID-19 cases have also been reported in the town since yesterday.

Warrington & Halton Hospitals figures Monday-Friday, excluding Bank Holidays.
Current inpatients as of Thursday, March 31, 2022 (confirmed positive result – 14 days or less from first positive sample) – 108 (98) including 0 (0) in ICU.
Cumulative discharges (discharges of positive patients [excluding deaths]– 3,479 (3,462)
Cumulative deaths (deaths of positive inpatients) – current figure 649 (648)

*Hospital deaths include residents from Warrington and Halton. Total deaths of Warrington residents can be seen below.
The total number of deaths in Warrington within 28 days of a positive test reported by Public Health England is currently 593 – 283.2 per 100,000 population compared to the national rate of 246.5.
The total number of deaths with Covid-19 on the death certificate in Warrington reported by Public Health England in all settings is 658 – 314.2 per 100,000.

There have been 1,845 (1,900) new COVID-19 cases reported in Warrington over the past seven days, including another 276 (304) new cases since yesterday, taking the total to 73,879 (73,603) and an infection rate of 914.5 which has risen again after yesterday’s brief fall (901.6) per 100,000, while the national rate has fallen for a second-day to 890.3 (898.8). Virus tests conducted over the past 7 days have fallen by more than 7 percent to 4,773,333 – a fall of 364,419.

To find out more about COVID-19 testing, and to book a test if you have symptoms, visit http://warrington.gov.uk/get-tested-coronavirus
For the latest COVID-19 guidance for Warrington visit https://www.warrington.gov.uk/coronavirus-latest-guidance
Local data is also available at https://www.warrington.gov.uk/coronavirus-figures-warrington

🚨We are currently experiencing very high attendances at our Emergency Department & urge patients to consider all possible alternatives before coming to A&E🚨

Check our waiting times and number of patients already waiting here https://t.co/XBNvwoJQFU pic.twitter.com/GFlxR8GoNf

— WHH 🏥 (@WHHNHS) March 29, 2022