ONE more patient with coronavirus has died in Poole Hospital, latest figures show.

Data released by NHS England shows one person died with Covid-19 in Poole Hospital on November 21.

It means 98 coronavirus patients have now died at Poole since the start of the pandemic.

93 people have died with coronavirus at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals, 25 have at Dorset County Hospital and 25 have at the Dorset Healthcare University Trust.

Yesterday, a further three deaths were confirmed.

Across England, a further 353 people died with the virus in hospital, taking the total to 39,219.

Patients were aged between 20 and 98 years old and all but 16 had underlying health conditions.

17 of the deaths came in the south west.