YORK and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Trust was caring for 149 Covid patients in hospital as of December 28, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid by 8am on December 28 was up from 104 on the same day the previous week.

There were 86 beds occupied by Covid patients four weeks ago in York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 9,459 people in hospital with Covid as of December 28, with 209 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 91 per cent in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 63 per cent.

The figures also show that 100 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to December 26. This was up from 70 in the previous seven days.


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