Hospital deaths of patients with Covid-19 increase by 36 in the Anglia region

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A further 36 patients with coronavirus have died in hospitals in the Anglia region taking the total to 3,253 according to figures released by NHS England on Saturday.

The figure is lower than the 42 deaths that were announced on Friday but higher than Thursday's daily total of 19.

The figures do not include those who pass away in care homes or in the community which are published on a local level only weekly. When the data released on Tuesday is included, the regional death toll rise to more than 4,500.

There have been a further seven patients dying with Covid-19 at Northampton General Hospital, which has seen a second smaller peak in deaths after the initial spike. The patients died on the 13th and 14th May and the total number of deaths at the hospital is now more than 200.

The NW Anglia NHS Trust in Cambridgeshire, which runs Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, reported an additional seven patients dying with coronavirus.

Three more patients have died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn. The West Norfolk area has the highest concentration of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region with 431 per 100,000 of the population. Across England, 255 people per 100,000 have been confirmed with the disease.

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 Friday 15 May 2020 released on Saturday

  • 329 - West Hertfordshire NHS Trust including Watford General (up 2 since yesterday)

  • 305 - East Suffolk & North Essex (up 2) which includes Ipswich Hospital, Colchester Hospital and Aldeburgh Hospital

  • 260 - Basildon Hospital (up 1)

  • 208 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

  • 203 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (unchanged)

  • 209 - Northampton General Hospital (up 7)

  • 182 - Southend Hospital (up 2)

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

  • 162 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (up 7)

  • 146 - Bedford Hospital (unchanged)

  • 140 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 136 - East & North Herts including the Lister Hospital, Stevenage (unchanged)

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

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

  • 109 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (up 1)

  • 103 - James Paget Hospital, Gorleston (up 1)

  • 101 - Milton Keynes Hospital (unchanged)

There have been a further seven patient deaths at Northampton General taking the total number of patients dying to 209. Credit: ITV News Anglia

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

  • 20 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (up 1)

  • 19 - Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)

  • 16 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 18 - Norfolk Community Health (up 2)

  • 9 - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 8 - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 6 - Braintree Community Hospital (unchanged)

  • 4 - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 3 - Beccles Hospital (unchanged)

  • 2 - Clacton Hospital (unchanged)

  • 2 - Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 2 - St Peter's Hospital, Maldon (unchanged)

  • 1 - Halstead Hospital (unchanged)

  • 1 - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 81 - Deaths in hospitals in the East of England attributed to Covid-19 without a positive test (an increase of 5 since yesterday)