In the last couple of weeks, Greater Manchester's hospitals have almost run out of intensive care beds - the system has hit its third wave peak
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxGreater Manchester’s hospitals have almost run out of intensive care beds at points over the last couple of weeks, the region’s health lead has revealed, as the system has hit its peak of the third wave.Sir Richard Leese said that at times, critical care occupancy had come ‘very close to the absolute number of beds we’ve currently got available’.In the last week there has been a dip in admissions, however, and the third wave is now believed to have peaked within the NHS here - but severe pressures are nonetheless expected to remain for three or four weeks to come.In the week to Monday, there were 288 new Covid admissions and 485 new inpatient diagnoses of the virus, 23pc fewer than the week earlier.The number of Covid.
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