THREE more patients have sadly died at Warrington Hospital as COVID-19 inpatient numbers continue to climb, with 24 new admissions in the past 24 hours.

AS one more patient has sadly died and 189 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the town Warrington Hospital inpatient numbers have now exceeded the peak of the first wave.

ONE more COVID-19 positive patient has sadly died at Warrington Hospital while 164 new cases have been reported in the town in the latest daily update from Public Health England.

EIGHT more COVID-19 positive patients have sadly died at Warrington Hospital since last Friday’s update, with inpatient numbers climbing to 117 with 16 currently in intensive care, as the town moves into a very high-risk tier 3 at midnight tonight.

MORE than 5,000 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 in Warrington since the start of the pandemic with a 152 new cases reported in the latest daily update, while one more death has sadly been reported at the town’s Hospital.

ANOTHER 128 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Warrington as the town prepares to enter a self-imposed Tier 3 lockdown on Tuesday in a bid to curb the high rates of infection.

TWO more COVID-19 patients have sadly died at Warrington Hospital and 89 new cases reported in the latest data from Public Health England, as the town prepares to enter a Tier 3 “very high” risk local lockdown.

SIX COVID-19 patients have sadly died at Warrington Hospital – the highest number of deaths in a 24 hour period since the peak of pandemic last April.