FOUR more people have died with coronavirus at Dorset hospitals, latest figures confirm.

Data released by NHS England shows three more people died at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust with Covid-19.

The deaths came on March 12, February 27 and February 10.

One more person also died at the Dorset County Hospital on March 31.

It means, since the start of the pandemic, 731 people have died with Covid-19 at UHD, 111 people have died at the Dorset County Hospital and 73 people have died at the Dorset Healthcare Trust.

In hospitals across England, a further 43 people died with Covid-19, taking the total to 86,351.

Patients were aged between 30 and 95 years old and all but three had underlying health conditions.

Seven of the deaths came in the south west.