Covid-positive deaths and inpatient numbers fall at Rotherham Hospital

COVID-positive deaths and patient numbers have both fallen at Rotherham Hospital in the last week.

As of this morning, patient numbers among those testing positive for Covid-19 dropped to 28 — down from 32 last week — with no-one in critical care. 

Deaths at the hospital among patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 over the past week also fell, from five to two. 

Overall, 4,681 inpatients at the hospital have returned a positive test for the virus since the start of the pandemic.