THE number of coronavirus deaths in Dorset hospitals remains at 142.
Figures just released by NHS England reveal no further deaths have been registered in the last 24 hours.
Across England there were a further 174 hospital deaths, bringing the total to 24,913.
Those who died were aged between seven and 102 with six people, between the ages of 45 and 90, having no underlying health conditions.
So far 61 people have died in the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Trust with 45 deaths in Poole, 23 in the Dorset County Hospital and 13 in the Dorset Healthcare University Trust.
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