Covid-19 hospital admissions have risen across the Liverpool City Region.
In Liverpool's main hospital trust, which includes the Royal Liverpool Hospital and Aintree Hospital, there are currently 92 Covid patients being cared for.
This is a rise of around ten from the last point the numbers were updated on July 20, but the figures have fluctuated in that time.
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They dropped to 72 on July 23 but then rose again by 20 across the next four days to July 27 (the latest date for which we have figures).
Of those admitted to Liverpool's main hospitals, 14 are so seriously ill they are requiring ventilation.
While any increase in admissions is a concern, we have seen much larger week on week rises during previous virus waves, when the vaccines were not a factor.
Admissions have also increased at Wirral's main hospital trust, which includes Arrowe Park Hospital.
A week ago there were 26 Covid patients within the trust, but that has risen reasonably sharply to 44 as of July 27.
This is an increase of nearly 70% - albeit from fairly low numbers.
Nine of those 44 patients were requiring ventilation to help them breathe on July 27.
Another major local trust, St Helens and Knowsley, has seen numbers tick up too.
Covid admissions have risen from 37 to 47 in the most recent week, but only three people were requiring ventilation at the time of the most recent update.
The numbers of Covid patients at the Southport and Ormskirk hospital trust have fallen.
A week ago there were 24 virus patients being looked after within the trust, and that has steadily fallen to strand at just 16 on July 27.
Of those, four are in receipt of mechanical ventilation.
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