Latest figures from NHS England show the country is seeing the highest number of patients in hospital after contracting coronavirus for four months. Despite this, numbers are still much lower than the peak of the second wave when patient levels in England reached 34,336 on January 18. The North East and Yorkshire had the highest number of beds occupied with Covid patients on Friday, at 1,026 - up 40 per cent on the previous week and the highest since March 12 when there were 1,049. (Image: Adam Gerrard / Sunday Mirror)The NHS England data also showed that Covid hospital admissions rose 23 per cent week-on-week from 636 on July 14 to 783 on July 21. The total includes 215 in North East England and Yorkshire, up 17 per cent week-on-week and the highest daily number for the region since February 16.

Source: Daily Mirror July 23, 2021 19:44 UTC