Somerset Trust was caring for six 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 July 20 was down from seven on the same day the previous week.

There was one bed occupied by a Covid-19 patient four weeks ago in Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

The figures also show that nine new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 18. This was up from eight in the previous seven days.

Across England there were 3,894 people in hospital with Covid as of July 20, with 544 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally almost trebled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators more than doubled, increasing by 140%.