Five more hospital patients die with coronavirus in the Anglia region

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More than 4,000 patients have died with coronavirus in hospitals in the Anglia region since the start of the pandemic. Credit: PA Wire

A further five Covid-19 patients have died in hospitals in the Anglia region according to daily figures released by NHS England.

It follows three deaths reported in the area on Tuesday and two on Monday.

The total number of patients dying in the hospitals in the Anglia region has now reached 4,079 and the total number of deaths in all settings, including care home, hospices and in the community as well as hospitals is 5,868.

Two patients died in Bedford Hospital on 4th and 6th July and one patient died at Northampton General on 5th July.

Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire are the two counties in the Anglia region with the highest death rates. There have also been concerns among health officials that the infection rate in both places was not falling as fast as other parts of the country.

The map shows the number of people who have died with Covid-19 in the Anglia region since the start of the pandemic. Credit: Data from Office of National Statistics, the NHS and the Care Quality Commission

In the past week, nearly 400 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed with positive tests in the Anglia region.

In some parts of the region, new infections are rising twice as fast as the national average of 1.2%.

There have been 87 new cases in a week in Bedfordshire, which includes the unitary areas of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton. There have also been 80 new cases in Northamptonshire - an increase of nearly 3%.

A further 69 positive tests were recorded in Cambridgeshire of which 44 were in Peterborough, which represents as rise of 3.5%.

Essex saw 69 additional cases during the past seven days, there were 54 more in Hertfordshire, 7 in Milton Keynes, 20 in Suffolk and 9 in Norfolk.

Hospitals or NHS Trusts in the Anglia region with more than 100 coronavirus deaths

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Tuesday 7 July 2020 released on Wednesday

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

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

  • 305 - Basildon Hospital (unchanged)

  • 299 - Northampton General Hospital (up 1)

  • 278 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (unchanged)

  • 242 - Southend Hospital (unchanged)

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

  • 218 - Bedford Hospital (up 2)

  • 214 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 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)

  • 104 - Milton Keynes Hospital (unchanged)

  • 182 - 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)

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