Royal United Hospitals Bath Trust was caring for 108 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 19 was up from 93 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased more than five-fold in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 21.

Across England there were 13,837 people in hospital with Covid as of July 19, with 318 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has more than doubled in the last four weeks, as has the number on mechanical ventilators.

The figures also show that 101 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in the week to July 17. This was up from 60 in the previous seven days.