Hospitals in Liverpool are now seeing more coronavirus patients than they were during the peak in April, a hospital trust medical director has said.
Dr Tristan Cope, the medical director at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Royal, Aintree and Broadgreen hospitals, said a "huge strain" had been placed on staff - and added that numbers were still rising.
He wrote on Twitter: "Sadly we are now treating more patients in hospital with Covid-19 @LivHospitals than we did in April at the peak of the first wave and numbers continue to rise.
"So important that people in #liverpool and @LivCityRegion adhere to social distancing restrictions.
"Treating so many Covid patients in addition to usual acute and emergency care of patients with non-Covid conditions puts a huge strain on @LivHospitals staff. Thank you to all our staff for their incredible hard work and dedication in dealing with this very difficult situation.
"We can all help reduce that pressure by doing the right thing and taking some very simple measures: washing our hands frequently, keeping our distance from others from outside our household and wearing face coverings in indoor settings."
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