Bolton people urged to get Covid-19 vaccine after spike in virus

NHS bosses put out an urgent warning this week after the number of patients being admitted to hospital due to Covid-19 has increased. Bolton recorded an average of 19 hospital beds taken up by Covid patients. This is the second spike of the virus in the UK after what the NHS have called a "quad-demic" of viruses which put services under pressure during winter.

The "quad-demic" was a spike in cases of four illnesses – Covid, flu, RSV and norovirus. Taken together these four led to 600,000 hospital beds being taken up nationally – more than the population of Malta. Now the NHS has warned that hospitals are continuing to come under pressure with 94.



1 per cent of adult beds occupied. In the North West, an average of 162 hospital beds were taken up every day last week (up to March 30) by people suffering with Covid – the highest figure since early January. Bolton was one of the worst hit areas in the North West, with an average of 19 hospital beds taken up by Covid patients in the same time period.

Only two NHS trusts had a higher number of Covid patients, Manchester University NHS Trust (34) and Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (20). Hospital staff have warned that the virus..

. Eoin McCaul.