SEVEN more people have died with Covid-19 in Dorset hospitals, according to the latest data released by the NHS.

This has taken the Covid death toll in Dorset hospitals to 722 since the start of the pandemic. 

On February 3, three people died at Dorset County Hospital, taking its total to 86.

Four deaths occurred at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust, two on February 4, one on February 3 and another on February 2.

The Trust's total now stands at 573.

63 people have at the Dorset Healthcare Trust since the beginning of the pandemic.

In hospitals across England, a further 571 people have died with coronavirus, taking the total to 75,357.

Patients were aged between 17 and 100 years old.

All except 29 (aged 36 to 98 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

The South West recorded 38 deaths.