Cornwall Partnership Trust was caring for six patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on May 3 was up from four on the same day the previous week.

There were nine beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 4,585 people in hospital with Covid as of May 3, with 124 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 35% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 25%.

The figures also show that 14 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in the week to May 1. This was up from seven in the previous seven days.