More than 200 who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Hampshire.
EIGHT more people in Dorset have died at the hands of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the Dorset total to 70.
Two of the deaths occurred at Poole Hospital and the other at The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts.
Poole Hospital's figures have now risen to 23 with The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital Trusts total rising to 29.
Dorset County Hospital figures remain the same with 14 deaths.
Dorset Healthcare University figures also remain the same with a total of four.
The total number of people who died in England in the 24-hour period was 657, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 9,594.
The youngest was aged 26.
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