A further 76 hospital patients die with coronavirus in the Anglia region

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Follow a dip in the number of hospital patients dying with Covid-19 on Monday, the figure has risen again in the Anglia region.

There were an additional 76 deaths reported by NHS England in hospitals in the East of England, Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire on Tuesday taking the total number of deaths to 2,447.

The daily figures were 41 on Monday and 51 in Sunday.

A further 666 people have died in the region in care homes, hospices and their own homes according to weekly figures released today by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The combined figures mean that more than 3,100 people have died with coronavirus in the Eastern Counties since the outbreak started.

Staff and locals at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk take part in the one minute silence to remember health and social care workers who have lost their lives to coronavirus. Credit: ITV News Anglia

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn in Norfolk reported an additional 11 deaths between 24th and 27th April taking the total at the unit to 94.

Nationally, England and Wales recorded its highest weekly death toll since at least 1993 when comparable data was available.

In the week to 17th April there were 22,351 deaths, of which 8,785 involved coronavirus. The ONS said the weekly total was nearly 12,000 higher than the weekly average of the past five years.

The map shows the number of patients with coronavirus 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 Monday 27 April 2020 released on Tuesday

  • 267 - West Hertfordshire NHS Trust including Watford General (up 9 since yesterday)

  • 234 - East Suffolk & North Essex (up 9) which includes Ipswich Hospital and Colchester Hospital

  • 228 - Basildon Hospital (up 1)

  • 186 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (up 3)

  • 170 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (up 8)

  • 144 - Northampton General Hospital (up 4)

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

  • 129 - Southend Hospital (unchanged)

  • 109 - Bedford Hospital (up 6)

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

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

  • 94 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (up 11)

  • 90 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 90 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (up 4)

  • 88 - Milton Keynes Hospital (unchanged)

  • 80 - Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (up 2)

  • 76 - James Paget Hospital, Gorleston (up 3)

  • 32 - West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds (unchanged)

  • 15 - Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)

  • 14 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (up 2)

  • 13 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (unchanged)

  • 7 - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 7 - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 6 - 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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