Four more patients have died with coronavirus in hospitals in the Anglia region

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The NHS reported as additional four Covid-19 patients had lost their lives in hospitals in the Anglia region, one of the lowest daily figures since March.

The four patients died at Basildon Hospital in Essex, at Kettering General in Northamptonshire, at the North West Anglia NHS Trust in Cambridgeshire and at the West Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

In total 3,946 people have died in the region's hospitals since the start of the pandemic.

The numbers of deaths in local care homes and in the community is only released on a weekly basis on a Tuesday. When that data is included, the total death toll is 5,655. That includes people who have had Covid-19 included on their death certificate but where there was no positive test.

The figure of four patients dying in the region is the lowest daily today since one death was reported on Monday. Both figures are the lowest since before lockdown.

Over the past week an average of 10 deaths a day has been reported by the NHS in the Anglia region. The previous week the figure was 14.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region has risen in the past week compared with the previous seven days.

There were 331 new positive tests in the region in the past week compared to 255 new confirmed cases the week before.

There were 100 new cases in Bedfordshire, which is up 5% on the week and and additional 118 new cases in Essex, an increase of 3%. Overall the region has seen an increase of 2% in the past week.

The graph shows the number of positive coronavirus tests in the Anglia region each day in the Anglia region since March. Credit: Data from Public Health England

Confirmed coronavirus cases in the Anglia region by 9am on Friday 19 June 2020

Data from Public Health England

  • Bedfordshire - 2,318 cases - up 100 since last week

  • Cambridgeshire - 1,703 cases - up 24 since last week

  • Essex - 4,189 cases - up 118 since last week

  • Hertfordshire - 2,967 cases - up 27 since last week

  • Milton Keynes - 513 cases - no change since 9th June

  • Norfolk - 2,240 cases - up 18 since last week

  • Northamptonshire - 1,649 cases - up 43 since last week

  • Rutland - 35 cases - no change since last week

  • Suffolk - 1,541 cases - up 1 since last week

The Bedfordshire figures are the local authorities of Bedford, Luton and Central Bedfordshire combined.

Cambridgeshire includes Peterborough and Essex includes Southend and Thurrock.

The Anglia region is the East of England with Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire and Rutland.

The map shows the number of deaths per 100,000 population in each county up to 5th June 2020. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics

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

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Thursday 18th June 2020 released on Friday

  • 360 - West Hertfordshire NHS Trust including Watford General (up 1 since yesterday)

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

  • 287 - Basildon Hospital (up 1)

  • 278 - Northampton General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 274 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

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

  • 224 - Southend Hospital (unchanged)

  • 210 - Kettering General Hospital (up 1)

  • 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 (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)

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