Liverpool's covid-19 infection rate has continued to fall, but the city's hospitals continue to experience high pressure thanks to the virus.
The city's rate has now nearly halved from the point it was in mid October, when the numbers were reaching nearly 700 cases per 100,000 people.
The latest data shows the city's rate at 351 cases per 100,000 - giving an indication that Tier 3 restrictions in the city have been having an effect.
But that number is still dangerously high and means there is still widespread community transmission in the city.
It is hoped that continued restrictions and the launch of a new mass testing pilot will continue to bring Liverpool's covid infection level down.
Sadly there is far less positive news coming out of the city's hospitals.
The latest NHS data shows that in the latest week, leading up to November 1, the city's hospital Trust recorded 53 covid-19 deaths.
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It takes the Trust's total to a harrowing 721 covid deaths, with its medical director saying staff are now 'overwhelmed.'
The North West Ambulance Service has also registered a major incident as it struggles to cope with soaring demand.
Deaths of covid patients have continued to rise in other parts of the city region, with both Wirral's main Trust and the St Helens and Knowsley Trust approaching 300 covid fatalities.
These are the current covid-19 death tolls for NHS Trusts covering our region
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust - 4
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - 4
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - 20
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - 721
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - 4
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust - 198
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - 292
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust - 10
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - 298
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - 197
Across the NHS in England, a further 225 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 33,335.
Patients were aged between 47 and 101 years old.
All except 11 (aged 52 to 99 years old) had known underlying health conditions.
The date of death range from 21 October to 2 November 2020.
