Oxfordshire hospitals have seen a drop in the number of patients they are treating with Covid.

Oxford University Hospitals Trust was caring for 42 patients with Covid in hospital as of Sunday, the latest figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid by 8am on November 5 was down from 44 on the same day the previous week.

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The trust includes the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, all in Oxford, and Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Oxford Health Trust was caring for two patients in the same time period, down from 13 last week.

Across England there were 3,176 people in hospital with Covid as of November 5.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 28 per cent in the last four weeks.