HAMPSHIRE hospitals are treating more than 450 patients who are suffering with Covid-19, government figures shows.

In the latest data, which shows up to the date of February 23, 475 patients with coronavirus were lying in hospital beds across the county.

Of those, 62 were in mechanical ventilation (MV) beds which are equipped with pumps to help them to breath.

This was down 84 patients patients since February 16, of which 13 were on ventilators.

The figures also breaks down the data per trust.

On February 23, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust was recorded as having 153 Covid patients currently occupying beds.

This is a drop of 21 since February 16.

The trust noted it was treating 33 patients in MV beds.

The figures also showed that staff are treating a further 698 non-Covid patients, whom are all occupying beds.

Across the county in Portsmouth, the city's trust recorded 223 patients currently in its hospitals.

This is a drop of 31 in the seven-day period.

Of those, 24 are using MV beds.

The figures also showed that 671 non-Covid patients were occupying beds across the trust.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has recorded 82 Covid-19 patients in its hospitals.

This is a drop of 22 since February 16.

The figures showed that, of those, five are occupying MV beds.

As well as this, the trust says that beds are being used by 510 non-Covid patients.

One of the other two trusts in the county, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, recorded 10 Covid patients in beds across its hospitals.

This is a drop of three during the seven days up to February 23.

At Solent NHS Foundation Trust, staff were treating seven patients with Covid.

This was a drop of one since February 16.

The Government also confirmed that no Covid patients at either of those two trusts were occupying MV beds.

However, it was not able to provide information on how many beds were occupied by non-Covid patients at these two trusts.