Leeds' Covid battle laid bare as nearly 100 still fighting coronavirus in hospital

The latest data shows that 97 Leeds people are in hospital with Covid-19, with 14 lying on ventilation beds.

This is according to data to the latest Public Health England data drop on September 28.

There were 70 people admitted to hospital with the virus in the space of a week leading up to this, from September 20 to 26.

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There have so far been 6,369 people hospitalised since the pandemic began, treated by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Throughout the UK, there have been 547,442 people admitted to hospital since the pandemic began, with 6,733 patients in hospital and 815 in ventilator beds according to the latest data.

Another death was recorded in Leeds (Steve Parson / AFP via Getty Images)

In the previous week (September 13-19), 103 people were admitted to Leeds hospitals with coronavirus.

In the week prior to Covid-19 restrictions lifting (July 13-19), 92 people were hospitalised in Leeds.

The amount of people hospitalised in Leeds peaked in November when as many as 52 people were admitted to hospital in one day (November 11).

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Later that month there was as many as 331 patients lying in Leeds hospitals at one time.

The number of people lying in ventilation beds in Leeds peaked in April when there were 45 of these beds being used (April 23).

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