Fewer people are being treated for Covid-19 in Wirral compared to last week, when the local NHS was said to be under “considerable pressure”.
In recent weeks, the number of covid related hospitalisations in Wirral has surged. 98 people were in hospital with Covid-19 on January 11, up from 73 on January 4 and just 28 on December 28.
Speaking last week, Julie Webster, Wirral Council’s director of public health, said: “Very high levels of the virus continue to circulate in the community, so it is important to remember that we are not out of the woods yet.
