HOSPITALS in Herefordshire were caring for three coronavirus patients as of Tuesday (June 22), figures show.

NHS England data shows no people were being treated in hospital for Covid-19 at 8am on June 15, and there were none four weeks ago.

Across England there were 1,301 people in hospital with Covid as of June 22, with 229 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 70% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 96%.

The figures also show that four new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Wye Valley NHS Trust in the week to June 20. This was up from one in the previous seven days.