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Bristol Post
Health
Louisa Streeting

Covid experts advise 'to get your booster' as hospitalisations rise in Bristol

Covid experts have advised to "get your autumn booster" as the number of hospitalisations related to coronavirus has risen in Bristol. The number of positive cases has risen for the first time in two months across England and Wales.

There has been a rise in Covid cases and an increase in the number of hospitalisations related to Covid in the Bristol area. One in 66 people are estimated to have had COVID-19 in the last week, which is 1.5 per cent of people in the city, according to the latest data supplied on September 21 by Bristol City Council.

There are currently 36 patients in hospitals in the Bristol region with COVID-19 and four patients in intensive care with the virus. Currently, 62 per cent of people over 16 in Bristol have had a booster or third dose.

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