Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 19 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on September 21 was up from nine on the same day the previous week.
The number of beds at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased by 6% in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 18.
Across England there were 5,142 people in hospital with Covid as of September 21, with 145 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 18% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 3%.
The figures also show that 34 new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in the week to September 19.
This was down from 43 in the previous seven days.
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