TEN people were admitted to hospitals with Covid-19 in Dorset in the space of a week.
Data from NHS England shows, between June 28 and July 4, ten people were admitted to the University Hospitals Dorset Trust or Dorset County Hospital with the virus.
Seven of those patients were admitted to University Hospitals Dorset, one on June 28 and 29, three on June 30, and one on July 3 and July 4.
The Dorset County Hospital had three patients admitted, one on June 28, July 1 and July 3.
As of July 6, 13 people were occupying a hospital bed with Covid-19 in the county, nine at University Hospitals Dorset and five at the Dorset County Hospital.
Two patients at the Dorset County Hospital required mechanical ventilation.
No patients were admitted to the Dorset Healthcare Trust.
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