The South East, South West and now Eastern England have all reported the highest number of people in hospital with Covid for over a year.
Eastern England is the latest region to start recording patient levels last seen in February 2021.
This means all three regions have surpassed any surges of infections seen around the start of 2022, or in the later half of 2021.
On March 29, 1,739 people with Covid were in hospitals in Eastern England.
This is the highest since February 17 last year, according to PA analysis of NHS England data.
Alongside the east of England, the South East has 2,199 patients, the highest since February 17 as well.
Meanwhile, South West England has 1,662, the highest since February 3 2021.
However, in all three regions, around half of the people in hospital with the deadly virus, were being primarily treated for something other than coronavirus.
But all three regions have seen noticeable rises in patients testing positive for Covid, with it up 23% week-on-week in the South West, 12% in the South East and 9% in eastern England.
This is further evidence of the growing resurgence of the virus across the country.
The Midlands look to be the next region to pass its peak, as it recently recorded 2,766 Covid patients, not too far from its 3,155 peak.
The rise in patient numbers is a result of the current surge in infections across most of the UK, driven by the Omicron BA.2 variant.
When patients test positive within the NHS, they need to be treated separately to the rest of the hospital, adding more stress to the hospital’s resources.
The total number of people in hospital with Covid in England stands at 15,411, up 18 per cent week-on-week but only the highest since January 19 this year.
But in Scotland, patient levels have hit a record high with 2,383 recorded on Monday.
Meanwhile, across the UK as a whole, 19,118 Brits are in hospital with Covid, around half the pandemic peak of nearly 40,000.
Across the UK as a whole, 4.26 million people were likely to have had coronavirus in the week ending March 19 - just short of the 4.30 million in the first week of 2022, which was the highest total since estimates began.
This comes as, from Friday, under new government plans free lateral flow tests will no longer be freely available to the majority of the population.
Only small groups including NHS staff, will still have access to the free tests which have become a cornerstone for this country's response to the pandemic.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said that tests will no longer be free for the vast majority of the British public, meaning they will have to pay if they want to test under the new plans.
Even if someone is symptomatic they will no longer be told to test, instead urged to isolate until the symptoms pass.
From April 1, the tests are being massively scaled back as apart of the final stage of the government’s plan to live with Covid.
