CORONAVIRUS hospitalisations have doubled in the last week across Dorset.

Latest figures from NHS England show that 20 people were admitted to Dorset hospitals in the seven days up to July 11, up from ten in the previous week. 

In Bournemouth and Poole, 10 people were admitted to University Hospitals Dorset Trust between July 5 and July 11.

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Meanwhile, three people were also admitted to Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester in the same week - the person was admitted on June 21.

No patients were admitted to the Dorset Healthcare Trust during the same one-week period.

As of July 13, there were 13 people occupying a hospital bed with the virus in University Hospitals Dorset.

Three patients were at University Hospitals Dorset Trust and there was one patient with Covid at the Dorset County Hospital.

Across England, 2,970 people were occupying a hospital bed with coronavirus and 159 in the south west.

Of people needing mechanical ventilation, three patients at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust required a ventilator, one person required a ventilator at Dorset County Hospital and no patients at the Dorset Healthcare Trust needed mechanical ventilation. 

Across England, 470 patients needed a ventilator and 19 people in the south west with coronavirus required a ventilator.