A further 66 hospital patients died with coronavirus in the Anglia region

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The latest daily figures released by NHS England have revealed that a further 66 hospital patients have died with Covid-19 in the Anglia region.

The total number of deaths of hospital patients in the area since the start of the pandemic is now 2,697.

The number of deaths reported in the region on Friday was 50 with 70 on Thursday and 64 on Wednesday.

The daily figure released by NHS England with the statistics for each NHS Trust in the region does not including the numbers of people dying in care homes, hospices and in the community.

When weekly figures for deaths outside hospitals, which were released on Tuesday, are added into the total for the Anglia region, the death toll in the area is more than 3,400.

In Saturday's figures there were 11 more patients who died in the East of England between 28th April and 1st May who did not have a positive test for Covid-19 but the condition was specified on the death certificate.

A further six deaths were recorded at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford bringing the total for the Mid Essex NHS Trust to 153. Southend Hospital also announced an additional six patients dying with Covid-19.

Five more patients died at Bedford Hospital with the total number of deaths there now at 120.

The map shows the number of patients who have died in hospital with Covid-19 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 Friday 1 May 2020 released on Saturday

  • 283 - West Hertfordshire NHS Trust including Watford General (up 4 since yesterday)

  • 257 - East Suffolk & North Essex (up 8) which includes 129 at Ipswich Hospital, 127 at Colchester Hospital and 1 at Aldeburgh Hospital

  • 239 - Basildon Hospital (up 4)

  • 191 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (up 1)

  • 182 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

  • 157 - Northampton General Hospital (up 1)

  • 153 - Mid Essex, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford (up 6)

  • 153 - Southend Hospital (up 6)

  • 123 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (up 4)

  • 120 - Bedford Hospital (up 5)

  • 115 - East & North Herts including the Lister Hospital, Stevenage (up 4)

  • 110 - Kettering General Hospital (up 2)

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

  • 94 - Milton Keynes Hospital (up 1)

  • 92 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (up 1)

  • 90 - Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (up 1)

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

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

  • 16 - Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)

  • 15 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (unchanged)

  • 14 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 9 - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (up 1)

  • 7 - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 7 - Norfolk Community Health (unchanged)

  • 4 - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust (up 1)

  • 3 - Braintree Community Hospital (unchanged)

  • 2 - Beccles Hospital (unchanged)

  • 1 - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 1 - Clacton Hospital (unchanged)

  • 1 - Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 29 - Deaths in the East of England attributed to Covid-19 without a positive test (an increase of 11 since yesterday)

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