Hampshire Hospitals Trust was caring for 140 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of last Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on April 5 was up from 126 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 14% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 123.

Across England there were 7,005 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 165 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 8% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 1%.

The figures also show that 71 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to April 3. This was up from 63 in the previous seven days.