NO further patients have died with Covid-19 in Dorset hospitals, according to the latest data.

Data released by Public Health Dorset on December 26 shows no deaths have been recorded in hospitals in Dorset.

The last reported deaths in the county’s hospitals occurred on December 23 when three were confirmed by University Hospitals Dorset.

Since the start of the pandemic, a total of 324 hospital patients have died with the coronavirus in Dorset.

NHS England said another 161 people who tested positive for the Coronavirus have died.

The total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England is now 48,311.

Patients were aged between 44 and 100 years old.

All except eight (aged 64 to 94 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from 17 to December 25, 2020.