Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust was caring for 15 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 August 9 was down from 21 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 remained unchanged compared to four weeks ago.

Across England there were 8,624 people in hospital with Covid as of August 9, with 233 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 37% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 12%.

The figures also show that no new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in the week to August 7. This was down from seven in the previous seven days.