One more person dies with Covid-19 in the Dorset County Hospital
ONE more person has died with coronavirus in Dorset hospitals, latest figures have confirmed.
Data released by NHS England shows one person died at the Dorset County Hospital on March 1.
It means since the start of the pandemic, a total of 106 people have died at the Dorset County Hospital with Covid-19.
The University Hospitals Dorset Trust has recorded 660 deaths in total and the Dorset Healthcare Trust has recorded 71.
Across England, 279 more people died with Covid in hospital, taking the total to 83,529 since the start of the pandemic.
The south west recorded 12 more coronavirus deaths.
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