Southern Health Trust was caring for 24 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 29 was down from 35 on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 7,963 people in hospital with Covid as of March 29, with 192 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 6% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 10%.

The figures also show that 23 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 27. This was down from 40 in the previous seven days.