Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust was caring for four 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 January 25 was down from 131 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 83 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 23.

Across England there were 14,088 people in hospital with Covid as of January 25, with 501 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 48 per cent in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 34 per cent.

The figures also show that 65 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 23. This was up from 41 in the previous seven days.