Health leaders have joined together to urge the public to do their bit after a third wave of infections brought a challenge "on a scale that we haven’t seen before".
The first week in January was Cumbria’s worst week for new Covid-19 infections with 3,499 across the county, which has brought extraordinary pressure on health and care services that has never been experienced before.
As well as a tripling of people needing hospital treatment for coronavirus in the last three weeks, the very high level of infection in the community is also having an impact on staffing in all sectors due to the number needing to self-isolate.