Number of coronavirus patients in Cornwall's hospitals doubles in four weeks
Figures show 44 were being cared for at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals' Trust, as of Tuesday
Figures show that as of Tuesday, Cornwall's main hospitals were caring for 44 coronavirus patients in hospital.
NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on September 14th was up from 34 on the same day the previous week.
At the Royal Cornwall Hospitals' Trust, beds occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 doubled in the last four weeks. 28 days ago, there were 22.
Across England there were 6,344 people in hospital with Covid as of September 14th, with 888 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 17% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 8%.
Data also shows that 52 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals' Trust in the week to September 12th. This was down from 58 in the previous seven days.
You can check the latest coronavirus hospitalisation figures for Cornwall and the UK on the NHS website.
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly remain an 'Enhanced Response Area' for Covid-19, following that summer surge in case rates.
A raft of new measures have been brought in to tackle coronavirus, including free 'Vaxi Taxis' for jabs, door-to-door vaccine patrols and extra pop-up vaccine clinics.
Street marshals are also back out on the streets of St Ives, Falmouth, Newquay and Looe.
Officials from Cornwall Council's Public Health Team and the NHS are urging people to take up the vaccine if they have not done so already.
Councillor Andy Virr, who is also an emergency care consultant at Treliske, spoke to us as the new measures were launched.
He said: "Quite simply, the vaccine is the best tool we have in the tool kit to control and manage coronavirus. If you've been vaccinated you're much less likely to get the virus, you're much less likely to spread the virus and if you do get it, because a proportion will still get it. you're much more likely to have a mild illness.
"I also work in A&E and I was working on Monday evening, it was a very busy shift, and the two people I saw with Covid who needed hospital treatment, both of them had chosen not to get vaccinated and for reasons, in my view, that didn't have any medical basis at all. And I think they were now regretting their decision.
"You don't want to be admitted to hospital with Covid. Still people are dying from it and it's serious and that's entirely preventable so we would just urge people to get the jabs and if you're in line for the booster, take up the booster".