Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 30 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on March 23 was down from 37 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 74 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 116.

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Across England there were 4,245 people in hospital with Covid as of March 23, with 647 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 69 per cent in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 67 per cent.

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The figures also show that 13 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in the week to March 21. This was the same number as in the previous seven days.