17 people were being treated for Covid at hospitals in Cornwall last week
NHS England data shows the number being cared for as of 27th July was down from 20 during the previous seven days
Last updated 2nd Aug 2021
Latest figures available show that the Royal Cornwall Hospitals' NHS Trust was caring for 17 coronavirus patients in hospital.
That is how many were being treated as of 8am on Tuesday 27th July, according to data from NHS England.
The total is down from 20 on the same day the previous week.
The number of beds at RCHT occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than quadrupled in the last four weeks; 28 days ago there were 13.
Across England there were 5,163 people in hospital with Covid as of July 27th, with 738 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally more than trebled in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators almost trebled, increasing by 185%.
The figures also show that 22 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to July 25th, up from 11 in the previous seven days.
On Friday 30th July it was revealed that one more coronavirus-related death was recorded in Cornwall's hospitals and an extra 260 cases had been confirmed in 24 hours: Read more.
You can check the latest figures for Cornwall and the UK here.