RESIDENTS have been urged to follow the rules as health bosses said the second wave of the pandemic has now hit Hampshire hospitals.


A total of 108 Covid patients are currently being treated at hospitals in Winchester and Basingstoke.


This is the highest number of Covid patients the two hospitals have recorded since September, according to Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


Alex Whitfield, the trust’s chief executive, has urged residents to comply with the coronavirus rules as she said the second wave has now hit the Royal Hampshire County Hospital and the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.


She said at the moment 54 Covid patients are being treated at each of the two hospitals run by the trust.

You can read the full story in this week’s edition of The Gazette. Also in this week's paper:

  • A pensioner has recalled the moment she helped a woman out of a burning building after fire crews from Basingstoke, Tadley and Berkshire were called to Sleepy Hollow retirement mobile home park on the outskirts of Tadley last Thursday morning (November 19), where an electrical fault had sparked a fire.
  • Gazette reporter, Emily Roberts, looks at the mystery surrounding the dozens of shoes hung from the branches of a tree in Basingstoke. 
  • The latest coronavirus hotspots in Basingstoke and Deane have been revealed, and show that Popley and Brighton Hill have the highest coronavirus rates in the borough.
  • A trial into the murder of London teenager Taylor Williams is reaching its end, with the jury set to deliberate. 
  • Overnight crimes have risen in Basingstoke over the past few weeks - leading to police issuing advice to residents. 
  • Basingstoke's council leader was entertained by a property developer that has an interest in building homes in Hampshire, it has been revealed.
  • An industry campaigner has warned that coronavirus restrictions could spark the end for pub culture as we know it.
  • Family are set to be reunited with their loved ones living in care homes after Hampshire has been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme to offer relatives regular Covid-19 tests. 
  • PLUS: All the latest from Basingstoke Magistrates' Court.
  • Two pages of your letters to the editor.
  • Pictures: The best of our Camera Club's November theme, 'Life in Lockdown 2'
  • All the latest news from our communities.
  • An eight-page puzzle special.
  • Three pages of entertainment news.
  • Three pages of sports news. And much more!

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