Hundreds of patients are still in North East hospitals with Covid-19, despite infection rates falling across the region.
According to the latest seven-day figures from the Government's Covid data map, coronavirus cases have fallen in all areas of the region. Infections are also continuing to fall across most of the UK.
Across the country, 2.9 million people in private households are estimated to have had Covid in the week to April 23, down from 3.8 million the previous week.
