THERE have been no more coronavirus related deaths at hospitals in East Lancashire according to latest figures.
The statistics are from the past two days for the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust which runs the facilities at the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley Hospital.
It means that the total number of people who have died from COVID-19 at the Trust facilities since the start of the pandemic is 1,003.
Elsewhere, there were also no deaths yesterday in the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust and Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals Trust.
In fact, there were only nine deaths in the North West yesterday as part of a total of 90 people nationally, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died.
It brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 84,366.
Patients were aged between 34 and 97 years old. All except three (aged 54-87 years old) had known underlying health conditions.
Date of death ranges from 17 January to 6 March with the majority being on or after 3 March.
The number of deaths of patients with Covid-19 by region are as follows:
East of England - 5
London - 6
Midlands - 30
North East & Yorkshire - 23
North West - 7
South East – 17
South West – 2
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