A further 10 hospital patients have died with Covid-19 in the Anglia region

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The NHS has reported that 10 more patients have died with coronavirus in hospitals in the Anglia region.

The number of new Covid-19 cases being confirmed by a positive test is also rising again in the East of England and is at the highest level for a fortnight. It comes as the government announces the latest stage of the lifting of lockdown measures.

The total death toll in the Anglia region since the start of the coronavirus outbreak has now reached 5,717 after weekly figures released by the Office of National Statistics and the Care Quality Commission included a further 34 deaths in care homes and the community.

Although the NHS reported on Monday that no patients had died in the Anglia region, once the delayed weekend figures had been processed, it was found some patients had passed away.

The coronavirus pandemic peaked in mid April when nearly 1,000 people died in the Anglia region. Credit: Data from the Office of National Statistics

Basildon Hospital is Essex is one of the worse affected in the region and reported that a further three patients had died between 20th and 22nd June. The hospital has seen 294 patients dying during this pandemic.

There are also further patients deaths at Southend Hospital in Essex, the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, Bedford Hospital and the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

The number of deaths in the Anglia region has been falling steadily for more than eight weeks now since the peak of the pandemic in mid April.

Public Health England, which runs the coronavirus testing programme, reported 300 people had tested positive in the East of England last week. That was a increase of 73 on the figure for the previous week of 227.

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 100 coronavirus deaths

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Monday 22nd June 2020 released on Tuesday

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

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

  • 294 - Basildon Hospital (up 3)

  • 283 - Northampton General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 275 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

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

  • 225 - Southend Hospital (up 1)

  • 210 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 201 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (unchanged)

  • 201 - Bedford Hospital (up 1)

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

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

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

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

  • 123 - Norfolk & Norwich Hospital (unchanged)

  • 116 - James Paget Hospital, Gorleston (up 1)

  • 103 - Milton Keynes Hospital (unchanged)

  • 163 - 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)