NHS announces a further seven coronavirus patients have died in the Anglia region

A home testing kit for Coronavirus (COVID-19) pictured at an address in London. Home testing kits are available in the UK to those with symptoms. The results are emailed and texted within 3 days. Photo credit should read: Katie Collins/EMPICS
More than 4,000 patients have died with coronavirus in hospitals in the Anglia region since the start of the pandemic. Credit: Katie Collins/EMPICS

A further seven patients have passed away with coronavirus in hospitals in the Anglia region. The NHS announced eight patients had died in the area on Thursday and reported 24 deaths on Wednesday.

The total number of patients dying in the hospitals in the Anglia region has now reached 4,058 and the total number of deaths in all settings, including care home, hospitals and in the community is 5,827.

Southend Hospital in Essex said three Covid-19 patients had lost their lives between 26th June and 1st July taking the total number of deaths at the hospital to 236.

Bedford Hospital reported a further three deaths on the 5th June, 20th June and 30th June. Bedfordshire has the highest coronavirus infection rate in the East of England and the highest death rate.

The map shows the number of people with coronavirus who have died in each county in the Anglia region. 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 100 coronavirus deaths

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Thursday 2nd July 2020 released on Friday

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

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

  • 304 - Basildon Hospital (unchanged)

  • 298 - Northampton General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 277 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

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

  • 236 - Southend Hospital (up 3)

  • 213 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 215 - Bedford Hospital (up 3)

  • 201 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (unchanged)

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

  • 163 - 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)

  • 117 - James Paget Hospital, Gorleston (unchanged)

  • 103 - Milton Keynes Hospital (unchanged)

  • 179 - Deaths in hospitals in the East of England attributed to Covid-19 on the death certificate but without a positive test (no increase since yesterday)