The number of patients admitted to hospital with Covid has shot up by 27% in a week, worrying figures show - with more than a million people in England infected earlier this month.
According to Department of Health and Social Care data, parts of the South West have the case rates, with Somerset, Gloucestershire, Torbay, Plymouth and Bristol among the worst affected.
Maps show that since mid-November, cases have started to rise once more in the build-up to Christmas.
