Hospital treating 54 patients with Covid-19

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on April 26 was down from 85 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 52% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 113.

Across England there were 11,320 people in hospital with Covid as of April 26, with 276 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 27% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 15%.

The figures also show that 87 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to April 24. This was down from 114 in the previous seven days.