UNIVERSITY Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay Trust was caring for 54 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on June 7 was up from 29 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 80 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 30.

Across England there were 4,108 people in hospital with Covid as of June 7, with 116 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 44 per cent in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 34 per cent.

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The figures also show that 68 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in the week to June 5. This was up from 64 in the previous seven days.