MORE than 1,000 people have died from coronavirus in East Lancashire Hospitals since the start of the pandemic, according to figures.

The East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, which operates the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley Hospital sites, registered five more COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours to take the total up to 1,003.

In the North West, Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust has had the most number of deaths with 1,545, followed by Liverpool University Hospital (1,515) and Manchester University Trust (1,120).

Elsewhere, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had two more deaths while Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals Trust had one.

Nationally, a further 174 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 84,091.

Patients were aged between 26 and 102 years old. All except 6 (aged 61 to 89 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from 13 April 2020 to 4 March 2021 with the majority being on or after 1 March.

Their families have been informed.

The number of deaths of patients with Covid-19 by region are as follows:

East of England - 14

London - 22

Midlands - 41

North East and Yorkshire - 25

North West - 40

South East – 20

South West - 12