A further 70 coronavirus deaths in hospitals in the Anglia region announced on Sunday

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The number of patients dying with coronavirus in hospitals in the Anglia region has risen by 70 to 1,764.

It is the lowest daily increase in the area for eight days but the reporting rate is sometimes lower at the weekend.

The figures announced by NHS England cover the period up to 5pm on Saturday 18 April 2020 but do not include people who have died in care homes, in hospices or in their own homes.

The Luton & Dunstable Hospital in Bedfordshire announced on Sunday there had been a further eight deaths taking the total at the unit to 116.

The highest number of deaths recorded in a single hospital in the Anglia region has been at Basildon Hospital in Essex.

Across the UK, a total of 16,060 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus as of 5pm on Saturday, the Department of Health said, up by 596 from 15,464 the day before.

The map shows the number of patients who have died in hospitals 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 Saturday 18 April 2020 released on Sunday

  • 180 - Basildon Hospital (up 1 since yesterday)

  • 166 - East Suffolk & North Essex (up 10) including 91 deaths at Colchester Hospital and 75 deaths at Ipswich Hospital

  • 158 - West Herts including Watford General (up 8)

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

  • 116 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (up 8)

  • 114 - Southend Hospital (up 1)

  • 106 - Northampton General Hospital (up 4)

  • 104 - Mid Essex, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford (unchanged)

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

  • 77 - Bedford Hospital (up 3)

  • 71 - Milton Keynes Hospital (up 1)

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

  • 64 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 64 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (up 3)

  • 56 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (up 4)

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

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

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

  • 11 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (up 1)

  • 10 - Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)

  • 10 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (up 1)

  • 5 - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (up 1)

  • 4 - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (up 1)

  • 3 - Norfolk Community Health (unchanged)

  • 2 - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 1 - Beccles Hospital (unchanged)

  • 1 - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 1 - Clacton Hospital (unchanged)

  • 1 - Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Trust (up 1)

The number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Anglia region rose by 4% from Saturday to Sunday. Credit: Data from Public Health England

A further 344 tested positive for coronavirus in the Anglia region in the 24 hours to 9am on Sunday 19 April brining the total number of confirmed cases in the area to 8,740.

It represents a daily rise in cases of 4% following a 5% rise on both Saturday and Friday.

The largest percentage increase in cases in the region was in Cambridgeshire where they were up by 8% from 590 to 638. There was a 7% increase in Northamptonshire from 820 to 877.

  • Bedfordshire - 1,120 cases (up 34 since yesterday)

  • Cambridgeshire - 638 cases (up 48)

  • Essex - 2,315 cases (up 72)

  • Hertfordshire - 1,808 cases (up 56)

  • Milton Keynes - 375 cases (up 14)

  • Norfolk - 977 cases (up 45)

  • Northamptonshire - 877 cases (up 57)

  • Rutland - 12 cases (unchanged)

  • Suffolk - 618 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 confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region at 9am on Sunday was up 344 to 8,740. Credit: Data from Public Health England

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