A further 77 coronavirus deaths in hospitals in the Anglia region taking total close to 2,000

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NHS England announced on Wednesday that 77 patients had died with coronavirus in hospitals in the Anglia region taking the total close to 2,000.

Since the start of the outbreak, 1,978 hospital patients in the area have died after testing positive.

The figures released every day by NHS England do not include people dying in care homes, in hospices or in the community.

There were 172 deaths recorded outside of hospitals in the Anglia region up to 10 April, the latest date for which official figures are available.

There have been 201 deaths at Basildon Hospital in Essex with a further four people dying there on Monday and Tuesday. That is the highest death toll for any medical unit in the Anglia region.

A further eight deaths were announced at Bedford Hospital taking the total there to 88.

Across England, a further 665 people, who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 16,272.

NHS England said the patients were aged between 26 and 102 years old and 26 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 Tuesday 21 April 2020 released on Wednesday

  • 201 - Basildon Hospital (up 4 since yesterday)

  • 186 - West Herts including Watford General (up 9)

  • 185 - East Suffolk & North Essex (up 7) which includes 88 at Ipswich Hospital and 97 at Colchester Hospital

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

  • 125 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (up 5)

  • 120 - Southend Hospital (up 6)

  • 115 - Northampton General Hospital (up 5)

  • 121 - Mid Essex, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford (up 5)

  • 94 - East & North Herts including the Lister Hospital, Stevenage (up 2)

  • 88 - Bedford Hospital (up 8)

  • 78 - Milton Keynes Hospital (up 2)

  • 78 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (up 5)

  • 72 - Kettering General Hospital (up 2)

  • 72 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (up 3)

  • 64 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (up 3)

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

  • 61 - Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)

  • 25 - West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds (up 2)

  • 12 - Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)

  • 12 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (up 1)

  • 10 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (unchanged)

  • 6 - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 5 - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (up 1)

  • 4 - Norfolk Community Health (unchanged)

  • 2 - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 2 - Beccles Hospital (up 1)

  • 1 - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 1 - Clacton Hospital (unchanged)

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

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region at 9am on Wednesday was up 297 to 9,571. Credit: Data from Public Health England

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Anglia region increased by 297 to 9,571 on Wednesday.

The rise in cases was higher than Tuesday's total of 258 and represents an increase of 3%.

The largest increase in the Eastern Counties was in Norfolk where the positive cases rose by 65 to 1,118.

Essex has seen the most cases in the area with 2,474 but the most cases per head of population have been in Bedfordshire with 184 people infected in every 100,000.

Confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region by 9am on Wednesday 22 April 2020

Data from Public Health England

  • Bedfordshire - 1,233 cases (up 38 since yesterday)

  • Cambridgeshire - 724 cases (up 28)

  • Essex - 2,474 cases (up 56)

  • Hertfordshire - 1,954 cases (up 50)

  • Milton Keynes - 395 cases (up 5)

  • Norfolk - 1,118 cases (up 65)

  • Northamptonshire - 945 cases (up 41)

  • Rutland - 13 cases (unchanged)

  • Suffolk - 715 cases (up 14)

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

The graph shows the rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region since the start of March. Credit: Data from Public Health England

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