One further coronavirus death has been confirmed at Wirral University Teaching Hospital.
The fatality occurred yesterday (May 20), taking the total number of Wirral NHS Hospital Covid-19 deaths to 201.
A further 187 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 25,266.
Patients were aged between 14 and 98 years old. Six of the 187 patients (aged between 46 and 94) had no known underlying health condition.
Regionally, the North West is the worst-hit area in England today, with 45 recorded deaths.
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