Torbay and South Devon Trust was caring for five patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, figures show.
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Across England there were 3,390 people in hospital with Covid as of December 17.
Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 38% in the last four weeks.
The figures also show six new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust in the week to December 15.