NINE more people have died with coronavirus in Dorset hospitals, latest figures show.

Data released by NHS England shows a further seven people died with Covid-19 at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust.

One person died at UHD on February 1, four people died on January 31 and two people died on January 30.

It means, since the start of the pandemic, 542 people have died at UHD with coronavirus.

Two more people died at the Dorset Healthcare Trust, one on January 31 and one on January 29, taking the trust’s total to 55.

And 76 people have died with the virus at the Dorset County Hospital since the start of the pandemic.

In hospitals across England, 767 deaths were confirmed, including 40 in the south west.