Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was caring for 176 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 April 19 was down from 203 on the same day the previous week.
The number of beds at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Basingstoke, Andover and Winchester hospitals, occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 28% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 137.
Across England there were 14,607 people in hospital with Covid as of April 19, with 296 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Hampshire Hospitals Trust.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 12% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 10%.
The figures also show that 74 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Hampshire Hospitals Trust in the week to April 17. This was down from 129 in the previous seven days.
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