Coronavirus daily death toll in the Anglia region stays above 100 for the fourth day running

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The daily death toll of people with coronavirus in the Anglia region has stayed above 100 for the fourth day running.

The number of people with Covid-19 dying in hospitals in the Anglia region has rose by 104 to 1,602 on Friday.

Over the previous three days this week, the region saw more than 100 deaths announced each day with a total of 334 deaths between Tuesday and Thursday.

The figures released by NHS England cover the period since the start of the outbreak until 5pm on Thursday 16 April 2020. They include patients who die in hospitals or medical units but not those who lose their lives in care homes, hospices or in their own home.

Bedford Hospital recorded a further 11 deaths taking the total there to 70. The patients died between the 9th and 15th April.

Essex remains the county with the highest death rate in the East of England. Basildon Hospital has seen 169 patients dying with the virus with a further 10 included in Friday's figures.

Across England, a further 738 people, who tested positive for the Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 13,134.

NHS England said the patients were aged between 32 and 101 years old and 30 of them had 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 Thursday 16 April 2020 released on Friday

  • 169 - Basildon Hospital (up 10 since yesterday)

  • 149 - East Suffolk & North Essex (up 8) including 79 at Colchester Hospital and 70 at Ipswich Hospital

  • 146 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (up 5)

  • 143 - West Herts including Watford General (up 5)

  • 113 - Southend Hospital (up 7)

  • 98 - Mid Essex, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford (up 9)

  • 93 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (up 4)

  • 93 - Northampton General Hospital (up 7)

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

  • 70 - Bedford Hospital (up 11)

  • 64 - Milton Keynes Hospital (up 5)

  • 62 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (up 6)

  • 59 - Kettering General Hospital (up 4)

  • 58 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (up 6)

  • 52 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (up 1)

  • 49 - James Paget Hospital, Gorleston (up 4)

  • 42 - Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (up 3)

  • 21 - West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds (up 3)

  • 9 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (up 1)

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

  • 8 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (unchanged)

  • 4 - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (up 1)

  • 3 - Norfolk Community Health (unchanged)

  • 2 - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 2 - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 1 - Beccles Hospital (unchanged)

  • 1 - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 1 - Clacton Hospital (unchanged)

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region at 9am on Friday was up 390 to 8,016.. Credit: Data from Public Health England

The rise in the number of new confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region has slowed in recent days although it still rose by nearly 400 on Friday.

The total number of cases in the region since the start of the pandemic has now reached 8,016.

The largest daily rise in the region on Friday was in Bedfordshire where they went up 10% from 940 to 1,031.

The number of cases in the region have doubled in the past 11 days.

Confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region by 9am on Friday 17 April 2020

Data from Public Health England

  • Bedfordshire - 1,031 cases (up 91 since yesterday)

  • Cambridgeshire - 573 cases (up 19)

  • Essex - 2,173 cases (up 90)

  • Hertfordshire - 1,695 cases (up 86)

  • Milton Keynes - 344 cases (up 15)

  • Norfolk - 842 cases (up 56)

  • Northamptonshire - 801 cases (up 17)

  • Rutland - 12 cases (unchanged)

  • Suffolk - 545 cases (up 18)

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

The number of new coronavirus cases in the Anglia region rose by 5% between Thursday and Friday. Credit: Data from Public Health England

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