A HOSPITAL trust was caring for more than 120 Covid-19 patients on Tuesday - an increase on the week before.
The Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust was treating a total of 124 coronavirus patients in hospital on Tuesday.
The NHS England data shows the number of people being cared for was up from 116 on the same day the previous week.
The number of beds at the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 have also more than doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 52.
Across England there were 7,510 people in hospital with Covid as of November 2, with 859 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 50 per cent in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 30 per cent.
The figures also show that 103 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in the week to October 31.
This was up from 99 in the previous seven days.
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