SHREWSBURY and Telford Hospital NHS Trust was caring for 29 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 September 28 was down from 38 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 24 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 38.

Across England there were 5,126 people in hospital with Covid as of September 28, with 681 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 19 per cent in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 23 per cent.

The figures also show that 30 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in the week to September 26.

This was down from 54 in the previous seven days.