HOSPITALS in Dorset have recorded no new deaths linked to coronavirus for 10 days.

The total number of deaths in the whole of the county remains at 153.

Sixty-five people have died at Royal Bournemouth Hospital, with the last death recorded on May 28.

Poole Hospital has recorded 48 deaths.

Dorset County Hospital and the Dorset Health University NHS Foundation Trust have recorded 24 and 16 deaths respectively.

NHS England officials said a total of 28 people had died in hospitals in the past 24 hours after testing positive for Covid-19.

The total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England has risen to 27,982.

Patients were aged between 59 and 100-years-old.

All patients had known underlying health conditions.

Three of the deaths occurred in hospitals in the south west.