Coronavirus daily death toll in the Anglia region above 100 for third consecutive day

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The number of hospital patients dying with coronavirus in the Anglia region has reached almost 1,500 with a further 107 deaths recorded on Thursday.

There were 121 deaths announced in the region on Wednesday and there were 106 on Tuesday.

According to figures released by NHS England, covering the period up to 5pm on Wednesday 15 April, a total of 1,498 people infected with Covid-19 have died in hospital units in the Anglia region.

The figures do not include people who lose their lives in care homes, hospices or in their own home.

A pregnant nurse from the Luton & Dunstable Hospital, who had coronavirus, has died after her baby daughter was delivered successfully by emergency Caesarean section.

Tributes have been flooding in for 28-year-old Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong. The Luton & Dunstable hospital announced 13 additional deaths on Thursday bringing the total there to 89.

Basildon Hospital in Essex has seen 159 patients dying with the illness during the pandemic. There were a further 12 deaths announced there today.

Northampton General Hospital announced 13 additional deaths.

Across England, a further 740 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 12,396.

The patients were aged between 28 and 103 years old and 40 of themhad no known underlying health condition.

The map shows the number of patients who have died in hospital in each county in the Anglia region. Credit: Data from NHS England

Total number of deaths of patients with Covid-19 at hospitals in the Anglia region

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Wednesday 15 April 2020 released on Wednesday

  • 159 - Basildon Hospital (up 12 since yesterday)

  • 141 - East Suffolk & North Essex (up 6)

  • 141 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (up 9)

  • 138 - West Herts including Watford General (up 10)

  • 106 - Southend Hospital (up 2)

  • 89 - Mid Essex, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford (up 7)

  • 89 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (up 13)

  • 86 - Northampton General Hospital (up 13)

  • 78 - East & North Herts including the Lister Hospital, Stevenage (up 3)

  • 59 - Bedford Hospital (unchanged)

  • 59 - Milton Keynes Hospital (up 2)

  • 56 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (up 2)

  • 55 - Kettering General Hospital (up 1)

  • 52 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (up 3)

  • 51 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (up 10)

  • 45 - James Paget Hospital, Gorleston (up 2)

  • 39 - Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (up 7)

  • 18 - West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds (up 1)

  • 8 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 8 - Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (up 1)

  • 8 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (up 2)

  • 3 - Norfolk Community Health (unchanged)

  • 3 - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 2 - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 2 - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust (up 1)

  • 1 - Beccles Hospital (unchanged)

  • 1 - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 1 - Clacton Hospital (unchanged)

The number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Anglia region went up by 299 to 7,626. Credit: Data from Public Health England

The number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Anglia region rose by 299 to 7,626 on Thursday.

That was an increase of 4% and was the sixth consecutive day where the percentage growth was less than 10%.

Confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region by 9am on Thursday 15 April 2020

Data from Public Health England

  • Bedfordshire - 940 cases (up 43 since yesterday)

  • Cambridgeshire - 554 cases (up 38)

  • Essex - 2,083 cases (up 69)

  • Hertfordshire - 1,609 cases (up 57)

  • Milton Keynes - 331 cases (up 15)

  • Norfolk - 786 cases (up 32)

  • Northamptonshire - 784 cases (up 17)

  • Rutland - 12 cases (unchanged)

  • Suffolk - 527 cases (up 28)

The Bedfordshire figures are the local authorities of Bedford, Luton and Central Bedfordshire combined. Cambridgeshire includes Peterborough and Essex includes Southend and Thurrock.

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