A FURTHER coronavirus-related death has been recorded in Dorset in the last 24 hours.
One more person has died with the virus in the Dorset Healthcare University Trust, bringing the total across the county since the start of the pandemic to 205.
A total of 85 people have died in Poole Hospital, 77 in the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch, 25 in Dorset County Hospital and 18 in the Dorset Healthare University Trust.
Figures just released by NHS England reveal a further 361 deaths have been recorded in hospitals in England, bringing the total of 35,324.
Patients were aged between 43 and 102 years old. All except 20 (aged 58-95) had known underlying health conditions.
The most deaths - 118 - were recorded in the north west region with 80 in the north east and Yorkshire, 68 in the Midlands, 29 in the east of England, 27 in London, 25 in the south east and 14 in the south west.
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