New NHS figures show rapid rise in number of people with Covid-19 on a ventilator in Yorkshire and the North East as regions now have fastest rise in hospitalisations

The number of people on a mechanical ventilator with Covid-19 in Yorkshire and the North East has almost doubled in two weeks.

Stark figures from NHS England show 11 more people in the region were put on a ventilator on Wednesday, with the number reaching 194.

This compares with 105 on 23 October, a week and a half before.

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This sharp rise mirrors the trend across England, with 997 people on a ventilator with the virus.

The number of people on a mechanical ventilator is increasing rapidlyThe number of people on a mechanical ventilator is increasing rapidly
The number of people on a mechanical ventilator is increasing rapidly

Yorkshire and the North East now have the fastest rise in hospital cases, as over the weekend the regions overtook the North West. There were 362 new Covid-19 hospitalisations on 2 November, the latest data available, and 2,732 patients in total in hospital with the virus in Yorkshire and the North East on 4 November.

Though the figures are climbing quickly, it is important to remember they make up only a very small percentage of the people diagnosed with Covid-19. A total of 23,002 people in Yorkshire tested positive for Covid-19 last week, with Leeds having the highest number of positive cases in England.

Last week Leeds had 3,615 positive tests, followed by Bradford with 2,996 and Sheffield with 2,569 positive test results, according to data from the Department for Health and Social Care released today for the week up to 28 October.

Doncaster had the highest rates of positives, with 18 per cent of all tests coming back positive, followed by Kirklees with 17 per cent positive tests.

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