There are more than twice as many people in Wirral’s hospitals with covid as there were last week and cases have also risen sharply.
On March 8, the most recent day for which we have figures, 39 people were being treated for the virus in Wirral. That is a major increase on the figure of 15, recorded a week earlier.
It is the first significant rise in hospitalisations we have seen since January, when a major rise in cases caused by the Omicron variant saw infections surge to record levels across the country. At the time, there were almost 100 covid patients in Wirral’s hospitals, far more than there are now.
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But it is important to note this week’s figures end a downward trend which has been consistent for most of the last two months as cases have fallen. As for Covid-19 cases, Wirral had 1,314 at a rate of 405 per 100,000 in the week up to March 6.
That is 51% up on last week, the biggest weekly rise seen in the borough since the week up to January 4. Thankfully, these figures have not yet translated into significantly more deaths, with very low weekly numbers still being recorded. Breaking case numbers down to a more local level, the latest figures we have show that Heswall has more Covid-19 cases than any other part of Wirral, with 71.
The figures, which cover the period up to March 4, show the next most infected areas are Upton (69), Seacombe (67), and Hoylake and Meols (67). Birkenhead and Tranmere is the least infected part of the borough with 33 cases, while Rock Ferry (38), and Leasowe and Moreton East (40), also saw lower case levels than much of the rest of the borough.
Covid-19 cases in every Wirral ward:
- Heswall 71
- Upton 69
- Seacombe 67
- Hoylake and Meols 67
- Greasby, Frankby and Irby 66
- Pensby and Thingwall 66
- Bromborough 65
- Eastham 60
- Wallasey 57
- West Kirby and Thurstaston 56
- Bebington 55
- New Brighton 54
- Prenton 54
- Moreton West and Saughall Massie 51
- Clatterbridge 48
- Liscard 45
- Claughton 44
- Bidston and St James 43
- Oxton 43
- Leasowe and Moreton East 40
- Rock Ferry 38
- Birkenhead and Tranmere 33
