BOLTON's NHS trust was caring for 114 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 February 16 was down from 115 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 21 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 145.

Across England there were 17,093 people in hospital with Covid as of February 16, with 2,484 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 50 per cent in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 31 per cent.

The figures also show that 48 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Bolton NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 14.

This was down from 86 in the previous seven days.

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