NHS reports 12 more coronavirus deaths in hospitals in the Anglia region

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A further 12 patients have died in hospitals in the Anglia region in the latest daily figures released by NHS England.

It brings the total number of deaths in the region's hospitals to 3,942. The total number of people who have died with Covid-19, including those who has passed away in local care homes, hospices and in their own homes, has reached 5,651.

The Luton & Dunstable Hospital in Bedfordshire reported that four more coronavirus patients there has lost their lives there between the 12th and 14th June. The hospital is one of the worse affected in the region with 274 patients dying there.

Bedfordshire has seen the highest infection rate of any county in the Anglia region with 341 positive tests per 100,000 in the population. The death rate is also higher than many other parts of the region with 87 deaths per 100,000.

The graph shows the number of deaths in hospitals in the Anglia region each day. Credit: Data from NHS England

The number of people dying in hospital in the Anglia region peaked on the 8th April when 120 patients died.

The daily rate has been steadily decreasing since then but the decline has slowed in recent weeks.

In the past week, the average number of deaths per day was 11, which is the lowest 7-day average since the 24th March.

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

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Wednesday 17th June 2020 released on Thursday

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

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

  • 286 - Basildon Hospital (up 2)

  • 278 - Northampton General Hospital (up 1)

  • 274 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (up 4)

  • 228 - NW Anglia, Peterborough & Hinchingbrooke (up 1)

  • 224 - Southend Hospital (up 2)

  • 209 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 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 (unchanged)

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

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

  • 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 (unchanged)

  • 28 - Norfolk Community Health (up 1)

  • 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)

  • 158 - Deaths in hospitals in the East of England attributed to Covid-19 on the death certificate but without a positive test (an increase of 1 since yesterday)