Four more coronavirus deaths in the Anglia region including three in Bedfordshire

NHS coronavirus deaths collage Anglia region
4,100 patients have died with coronavirus in hospitals in the Anglia region since the start of the pandemic. Credit: PA Images

The NHS announced on Sunday that a further four patients had died with Covid-19 in the Anglia region including three in Bedfordshire where the death rate has been higher than surrounding areas.

Two patients died at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital and one at Bedford Hospital on 9th July. More than 500 patients have now died at the two hospitals in Bedfordshire - a county which has seen the highest coronavirus death rate in the East of England.

In total, 652 people have died in Bedfordshire during the Covid-19 pandemic, which is 97 people in every 100,000 in the population.

Another patient also died at the North West Anglia NHS Trust which runs Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon.

The four deaths declared by the NHS on Sunday follows nine deaths reported in the area on Saturday and three on Friday.

The total number of patients dying in the hospitals in the Anglia region has now reached 4,100 and the total number of deaths in all settings, including care home, hospices and in the community as well as in hospitals is 5,889.

The total figure includes people who have died without a positive test for Covid-19 but where the condition was mentioned on death certificates.

The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases in parts of the Anglia region is rising much faster than the rest of the country. The region has seen 527 additional positive tests since Sunday 5th July.

Peterborough has seen 5% more positive tests in the past week. Across the UK the additional confirmed cases increased by 1.5%.

The number of new cases in Bedfordshire rose by 111 in the past week - up 2.9%. Northamptonshire saw a rise of 106 new positive tests which was an increase of 3.4%

New coronavirus cases in the week to Sunday 12 July (Public Health England)

  • Bedfordshire - 111 new cases (up 2.9% in a week)

  • Cambridgeshire - 92 new cases (up 2.7%)

  • Essex - 116 new cases (up 1.8%)

  • Hertfordshire - 63 new cases (up 1.5%)

  • Milton Keynes - 9 new cases (up 1.1%)

  • Norfolk - 13 new cases (up 0.5%)

  • Northamptonshire - 106 new cases (up 3.4%)

  • Suffolk - 15 new cases (up 0.6%)

Bedfordshire is the three unitary authority areas of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton. Cambridgeshire includes Peterborough and Essex includes Southend and Thurrock.

The map shows the number of people who have died with Covid-19 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 100 coronavirus deaths

Figures from NHS England to 5pm on Saturday 11 July 2020 released on Sunday

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

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

  • 305 - Basildon Hospital (unchanged)

  • 302 - Northampton General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 282 - Luton & Dunstable Hospital (up 2)

  • 243 - Southend Hospital (unchanged)

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

  • 219 - Bedford Hospital (up 1)

  • 214 - Kettering General Hospital (unchanged)

  • 201 - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (unchanged)

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

  • 164 - East & North Herts including the Lister Hospital, Stevenage (unchanged)

  • 148 - 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)

  • 187 - 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)

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