Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for 20 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, figures show.

NHS England data shows that 20 patients were being treated for COVID-19 under the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust as of Sunday, December 17.

38 new patients with the virus were admitted to hospital by the trust in the week up to December 15.

Across England, there were 3,390 people hospitalised with COVID-19 as of December 17 and nationally, the number of hospital patients with COVID has risen by 38 per cent in the last four weeks.