Southern Health Trust was caring for 18 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on February 8 was up from 14 on the same day the previous week.

There were five beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 6,382 people in hospital with Covid as of February 8, with 117 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 18% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 36%.

The figures also show that 14 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 6. This was up from 13 in the previous seven days.