Oxford Health Trust was caring for 13 patients with Covid in hospital as of Sunday, figures show, while Oxford University Hospitals Trust was also caring for 44 patients.

NHS England data shows no people were being treated in hospital with Covid the same day the previous week.

Across England there were 3,586 people in hospital with Covid as of October 29.

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Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid has decreased by seven per cent in the last four weeks.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust was also caring for seven patients with Covid in hospital as of Sunday, the figures show.

It comes at a time when waiting lists at Oxfordshire hospitals exceed 80,000 patients – having almost doubled over the last couple of years.

The NHS said the hospitals were bracing for “busy winter months”.