There has been a slight rise in Covid hospital admissions across Bristol.
A total of 143 people are being cared for at hospitals across the city after contracting Covid - this is a slight rise compared to 140 last week.
University Hospitals Bristol, which runs the BRI, currently has 106 in-patients, while North Bristol Trust has 37. And three people are battling on ventilators.
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The latest figures also show that cases remain high across Bristol compared to the UK where infections are falling. On February 1 there were 112,458 cases confirmed across the UK. However, a week later on February 7 just 57,623 cases were reported, a decline of almost 50 per cent.
However, in the Bristol region, there hasn't been the same decline. There were 1,291 cases confirmed on February 1 and a further 1,254 cases today (February 7).
Bristol recorded the highest number of new cases in the past 24 hours, with 485.
South Gloucestershire followed with 305, while North Somerset had 247 confirmed cases.
Bath and North East Somerset reported the fewest cases in the region with just 217.
There were no new deaths recorded across the Bristol region in the last 24 hours.
The number of positive test results in each area of the Bristol region since the pandemic began is recorded below, with new positive test results recorded today in brackets:
Bath and North East Somerset: 47,003 (+217)
Bristol: 133,571 (+485)
- North Somerset: 50,747 (+247)
- South Gloucestershire: 75,190 (+305)
The number of deaths recorded in each area of Bristol since the beginning of the pandemic is as follows, with new deaths within 28 days of a positive test in brackets:
Bath and North East Somerset: 289 (-)
- Bristol: 657 (-)
- North Somerset: 409 (-)
- South Gloucestershire: 431 (-)
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