University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay Trust was caring for 68 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 July 12 was in line with the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 62% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 42.

The figures also show that 120 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 10. This was up from 92 in the previous seven days.

Across England there were 13,621 people in hospital with Covid as of July 12, with 264 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.