Three coronavirus deaths in the Anglia region - the lowest daily figure since Monday

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The NHS reported on Sunday that three more patients had died with Covid-19 in hospitals in the Anglia region.

It is the lowest daily figure reported since Monday when one patient was reported although the numbers do tend to fall as weekend because of delays in notification.

On Saturday 16 deaths were announced with four on Friday and 12 on Thursday.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, 5,673 people have died in the Anglia region. The total includes deaths in hospitals, care homes and in the community.

Basildon hospital reported that two patients died on 19th June bringing the total there to 291. The Essex hospitals is one of the worst affected by coronavirus in the Eastern Counties.

The East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Trust, which runs the main hospitals in Ipswich and Colchester, also reported one Covid-19 patient had died.

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.

Hospitals or NHS Trusts in the Anglia region with more than a hundred coronavirus deaths

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Saturday 20th June 2020 released on Sunday

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

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

  • 291 - Basildon Hospital (up 2)

  • 283 - Northampton General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 275 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

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

  • 224 - Southend Hospital (unchanged)

  • 210 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 201 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (unchanged)

  • 200 - Bedford Hospital (unchanged)

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

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

The number of positive confirmed coronavirus tests peaked in the East of England on 8th April with 397 in a day. Credit: Data from Public Health England

The number of new cases of coronavirus in the Anglia region has risen in the past week by around 100.

There were 371 positive tests for Covid-19 in the Anglia region in the week to Sunday compared to 271 during the week before.

The biggest increase was in Bedfordshire where new cases were up by 116 or 5% in a week. Essex reported 137 new cases while there was only three new positive tests in Suffolk.

It's known if the increase in new cases is a new trend or the result of increased testing.