Royal Devon and Exeter Trust was caring for 61 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
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Well under three-quarters of A&E arrivals at Plymouth Hospitals Trust seen within four hoursJust two-thirds of A&E arrivals at the Royal Devon University Healthcare Trust seen within four hoursNHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on July 26 was down from 98 on the same day the previous week.
The number of beds at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 30% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 47.
Across England there were 12,113 people in hospital with Covid as of July 26, with 290 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 49% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 41%.
The figures also show that 102 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 24. This was down from 126 in the previous seven days.