Patients being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 have increased by a third in England, with the sharpest rise in the south east, NHS data has revealed.
During the week to 25 October, there were 6,661 people admitted to hospital with coronavirus across the country, a 33% increase from 5,009 the previous week. The number of patients treated on a bed with a mechanical ventilator was up by 25%, the official figures show.
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