NCIC caring for 25 patients with Covid-19 in hospital (Image: Radar)
North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust was caring for 25 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, figures show.
NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 17 was down from 30 on the same day the previous week.
Across England there were 1,690 people in hospital with Covid as of March 17.
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Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 34 per cent in the last four weeks.
The figures also show that 31 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in North Cumbria in the week to March 15.
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