Another surge in the number of people hospitalised with covid in Wirral has been recorded, despite cases falling in the borough.
The latest numbers, which are for April 5, show 97 people in Wirral’s hospitals with the virus, a major jump from 66 the week before. After a huge rise over the first three weeks of March, hospital numbers had started to fall, but the latest figures have seen that trend dramatically reverse.
There have not been this many people in Wirral hospitalised with covid since January 11, after a big rise in cases over Christmas and early January. On the other hand, case numbers are down.
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Wirral’s infection rate fell 29% to 704 per 100,000 in the week up to April 3. However, these numbers may be skewed as free testing ended for most people at the end of last month, something which may discourage people from checking if they have the virus.
There were 11 deaths recorded within 28 days of testing positive for the virus in Wirral, a far higher figure than we have seen in recent weeks. Breaking case numbers down to a more local level, Bebington had more cases than any other part of Wirral in the week up to April 1 with 153, while Oxton had 132 cases and Upton had 130.
Leasowe and Moreton East had the fewest cases with 88, while Pensby and Thingwall had 92 and Bromborough had 97.
Covid-19 cases for every Wirral ward:
- Bebington 153
- Oxton 132
- Upton 130
- Birkenhead and Tranmere 129
- Clatterbridge 129
- Greasby, Frankby and Irby 126
- New Brighton 122
- Claughton 121
- Hoylake and Meols 121
- Moreton West and Saughall Massie 120
- West Kirby and Thurstaston 119
- Eastham 118
- Heswall 111
- Seacombe 110
- Liscard 109
- Bidston and St James 105
- Wallasey 101
- Rock Ferry 99
- Prenton 99
- Bromborough 97
- Pensby and Thingwall 92
- Leasowe and Moreton East 88
