FOR the third consecutive day, NHS England has recorded no coronavirus deaths in Dorset hospitals.

The total for the county has not changed from 142, and the last death came on May 10 at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals.

The total for RBCH still stands at 61, while 45 people have died at Poole Hospital.

23 people have died at the Dorset County Hospital and 13 have died under the care of the Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust.

In hospitals across England, 24,346 people have died, a rise of 186.