A further 27 patients die with Covid-19 in hospitals in the Anglia region

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The NHS has reported the deaths of 27 more patients with coronavirus bringing the total number in hospitals in the Anglia region to 3,412.

It is the lowest daily figure in the area since Monday when it was announced that 15 patients had lost their lives to the disease.

The NHS figures do not include those who pass away in care homes or in the community. That information is available at a local level only on a weekly basis.

When the data released by the Office of National Statistics on Tuesday is included, the regional death toll rises to more than 4,800.

Six more deaths were reported at the three main hospitals in Norfolk with two patients dying at the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, two at the Norfolk & Norwich and two at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn.

A total of 378 patients have lost their lives to Covid19 in Norfolk since the start of the pandemic.

Bedford Hospital reported a further five patients had died with coronavirus between 16th and 20th May. The total number of deaths there has reached 157.

The North West Anglia NHS Trust, which runs Peterborough City and Hinchinbrooke hospitals in Huntingdon, reported a further six patients dying taking the total for the Trust to 185.

Total number of deaths of patients with Covid-19 at hospitals in the Anglia region

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Thursday 21 May 2020 released on Friday

  • 340 - West Hertfordshire NHS Trust including Watford General (up 2)

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

  • 262 - Basildon Hospital (up 1)

  • 222 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

  • 219 - Northampton General Hospital (up 2)

  • 198 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (unchanged)

  • 193 - Southend Hospital (unchanged)

  • 185 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (up 6)

  • 178 - Mid Essex, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford (up 1)

  • 157 - Bedford Hospital (up 5)

  • 154 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

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

  • 134 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (up 2)

  • 116 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (up 2)

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

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

  • 101 - Milton Keynes Hospital (unchanged)

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

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

  • 21 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (unchanged)

  • 19 - Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)

  • 19 - Norfolk Community Health (unchanged)

  • 16 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 10 - 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)

  • 3 - 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)

  • 94 - Deaths in hospitals in the East of England attributed to Covid-19 without a positive test (unchanged since yesterday)

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