EIGHT people were admitted to Dorset hospitals with Covid-19 in the space of a week.
Latest figures from NHS England show that five people were admitted to University Hospitals Dorset Trust between June 16 and June 20.
Three people were admitted to Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester between June 13 and June 20.
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No patients were admitted to the Dorset Healthcare Trust.
The number of patients admitted to Dorset hospitals with coronavirus for the previous week was just three.
As of June 20, there were five person occupying a hospital bed with the virus in the county.
Four patients were at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust and one was at the Dorset County Hospital, no patients were at the Dorset Healthcare Trust.
Across England, 1,301 people were occupying a hospital bed with Covid, 44 in the south west.
Of people needing mechanical ventilation, there were 229 patients across England, just four in the south west, none in Dorset.
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