The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals in and around Sefton remains low, despite a recent surge in the number of positive cases.
Most coronavirus cases in the borough are the Indian variant, according to data from a British genetics research institute.
The Sanger Institute reports 81% of cases in the borough were the B.1.617.2, in the two weeks leading to May 8.
Public Health surge testing teams were deployed to Formby and Ainsdale on Friday, after a spike in cases in the borough.
At the peak of admissions in January, 157 patients at Southport Hospital were infected with the virus. Around the same time, a high point of 14 patients being treated on ventilation beds was also reached.
The most recent data available showed there was one patient with coronavirus in Southport Hospital on May 11.
At the time the data was recorded, this person was not on a ventilator.
One person was admitted to the hospital with covid, per day, between May 2-8. None of these required ventilation.
Southport Hospital hasn't had more than two coronavirus admissions on any one day since April 2.
The most recent coronavirus-related death at Southport was on April 9, when one death was reported.
Nearby hospitals also have relatively low numbers.
Liverpool University Hospitals Trust - which includes the Royal Liverpool, Aintree and Broadgreen Hospitals - had seven patients with coronavirus on May 11.
None of these required ventilation at the time.
The highest number of hospital admissions for the Trust was on January 26, when 569 people with coronavirus were admitted to the hospitals in one day.
The most recent coronavirus-related death at Liverpool University Hospitals Trust was on May, 6 when one death was reported.
Covid-19 infection rates in the Sefton area are now beginning to fall following a sudden surge, though the borough still has the highest infection rate in the Liverpool City Region.
The latest infection rate for Sefton - based on data for the seven days leading to May 13 - is 36.5 cases per 100,000 people.
At the end of last week that rate was significantly higher at 56.8 cases per 100,000 people - it has come down by around 26% on the previous week.
This fall suggests the swift action taken in the area to try and contain the outbreak is hopefully working.
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