Covid deaths continue to rise in Northamptonshire as toll in Anglia region is up by 17

The NHS has announced that 17 more patients have died with coronavirus in the Anglia region with eight of them in Northamptonshire alone.

There have been recent warnings from health officials in the county for the public to maintain strict social distancing and to abide by lockdown restriction because the infection rate there had not been declining as quickly as in neighbouring areas.

The NHS announced on Wednesday that Northampton General Hospital has seen a further six patients dying with Covid-19 taking the total there to 277.

Kettering General had two more deaths bringing the total for the hospital to 209.

In the past seven days 32 patients have died in Northamptonshire compared to 18 the previous week.

The graph shows the number of people dying with coronavirus in hospitals in Northamptonshire and there has been an increase in recent days. Credit: Data from NHS England

Across the Anglia region there were an additional 17 deaths reported by the NHS on Wednesday which was the highest daily figure for five days.

Patients died at Basildon and Southend hospitals in Essex as well as the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds and Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

The total death toll for the region since the start of the pandemic has now reached 5,639, which includes those who have passed away in care homes, hospices and the community as well as hospitals.

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

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Tuesday 16 June 2020 released on Wednesday

  • 359 - West Hertfordshire NHS Trust including Watford General (unchanged since yesterday)

  • 345 - East Suffolk & North Essex (up 1) which includes hospitals in Aldeburgh, Colchester, Felixstowe and Ipswich

  • 284 - Basildon Hospital (up 1)

  • 277 - Northampton General Hospital (up 6)

  • 270 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

  • 227 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (unchanged)

  • 222 - Southend Hospital (up 1)

  • 209 - Kettering General Hospital (up 2)

  • 201 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (unchanged)

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

  • 196 - Bedford Hospital (unchanged)

  • 161 - East & North Herts including the Lister Hospital, Stevenage (up 1)

  • 147 - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (unchanged)

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

  • 123 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (unchanged)

  • 115 - James Paget Hospital, Gorleston (unchanged)

  • 103 - Milton Keynes Hospital (unchanged)

The map shows the number of people with coronavirus who have died in each county in the Anglia region since the start of the pandemic. Credit: Data from Office of National Statistics, the NHS and the Care Quality Commission.

  • 79 - West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds (up 1)

  • 27 - Norfolk Community Health (unchanged)

  • 25 - Fryatt Hospital, Harwich (unchanged)

  • 22 - Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (unchanged)

  • 17 - Essex Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 10 - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 8 - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 8 - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust (unchanged)

  • 6 - Braintree Community Hospital (unchanged)

  • 4 - Clacton Hospital (unchanged)

  • 3 - Beccles 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)

  • 157 - Deaths in hospitals in the East of England attributed to Covid-19 on the death certificate but without a positive test (an increase of 3 since yesterday)