Covid-19 over the last two weeks. The number of patients in hospital with coronavirus has been rising daily since September 11.The latest figures available show that on Monday, September 21, there were a total of 1,469 patients in hospital with Covid-19.That number is up by 549 from 920 at the same point a week earlier.The number of people in mechanical ventilation beds is also rising.The latest figures show that the number of patients on ventilators has almost doubled in a week.As of September 22, a total of 211 coronavirus patients were on ventilators in the UK - up from 115 at the same point a week earlier.The number of people in UK hospitals with coronavirus had dropped below 1,000 as of August 11 - but crept back up to 1,008 just over.