A further 107 people die of coronavirus in the Anglia region
A further 107 patients with coronavirus have died in hospitals in the Anglia region according to figures released by NHS England on Friday taking the total to 2,183.
It is the sharpest rise in the number of people dying in the region since figures were released on Friday 17th April when there were 104 deaths.
The figures released every day by NHS England do not include people dying in care homes, in hospices or in the community.
A further 28 deaths were recorded at the West Hertfordshire Trust, which includes Watford General Hospital, though most are spread over preceding weeks.
Braintree Community Hospital recorded three deaths - its first fatalities.
Across the country a further 587 people, who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 17,373.
NHS England said the patients were aged between 40 and 102 years old and 34 of them had no known underlying health condition.
Total number of deaths of patients with Covid-19 at hospitals in the Anglia region
Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Thursday 23 April 2020 released on Friday
234 - West Hertfordshire NHS Trust including Watford General (up 28 since yesterday)
211 - Basildon Hospital (up 8)
208 - East Suffolk & North Essex (up 12) which includes 101 at Ipswich Hospital and 106 at Colchester Hospital
180 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (up 5)
132 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (up 4)
128 - Southend Hospital (up 2)
128 - Northampton General Hospital (up 2)
128 - Mid Essex, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford (up 4)
100 - East & North Herts including the Lister Hospital, Stevenage (up 1)
95 - Bedford Hospital (up 3)
88 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (up 5)
85 - Kettering General Hospital (up 7)
84 - Milton Keynes Hospital (up 2)
78 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (up 4)
73 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (up 3)
71 - Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (up 7)
68 - James Paget Hospital, Gorleston (up 5)
28 - West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds (up 1)
14 - Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)
12 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)
10 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (unchanged)
7 - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (up 1)
5 - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)
5 - Norfolk Community Health (unchanged)
3 - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust (unchanged)
2 - Beccles Hospital (unchanged)
1 - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Trust (unchanged)
1 - Clacton Hospital (unchanged)
1 - Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Trust (unchanged)
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