FOUR more people have died with coronavirus in Dorset hospitals, latest figures show.
Data released by NHS England on Christmas Day showed a further four people have died at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital with Covid-19.
One of the deaths came on December 20 and three happened on December 23.
It means, since the start of the pandemic, 158 people have died with coronavirus at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
A total of 107 have died at Poole Hospital, 27 at the Dorset County Hospital and 32 at the Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust.
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Across England, 401 people, who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 48,150.
Patients were aged between 48 and 105 years old. All except 14, aged 54 to 93 years old, had known underlying health conditions. The date of deaths ranged from 16 November to 24 December 2020.
Twenty-one of the deaths were recorded at hospitals in the south west region.
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