Coronavirus death toll remains static at Mansfield hospitals as no further patients lose their lives

Hospitals in and around Mansfield recorded no further deaths of patients who had test positive for coronavirus according to the latest daily statistics out this afternoon (February 21).

The data released by NHS England today shows 258 deaths were recorded in the 24 hours to 4pm on February 20, but none were in Mansfield.

A total of 526 patients have died from the virus while being cared for by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton, Mansfield Community Hospital and Newark Hospital, since the pandemic first hit.

Across the country, the number of confirmed reported hospital deaths in England increased to 81,304.

The patients who lost their lives to coronavirus after testing positive were aged between 29 and 101 years old.

All except 17 people aged 52 to 100 years old had known underlying health conditions.

The deaths took place between December 10 2020 and February 20 2021 with the majority being on or after February 17 and the time taken to allow positive results to be received were among the potential factors in the delay between reporting fatalities.

NHS England’s daily virus fatalities data represents the deaths of hospital patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 in the previous 28 days and whose deaths were recorded in the latest reporting period.

There were also 31 deaths that were reported with no positive coronavirus test result, but the virus was documented as a direct or underlying cause of death in the death certification process.

A total of 258 patients across all settings in Mansfield have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 up to February 21, according to the most recent Government data.

This equates to 236 deaths per 100,000 people since the pandemic began, with the highest daily total being eight deaths on January 20, 22 and 24, 2021.

While separate data from the Office for National Statistics data shows there have been a total of 262 deaths recorded in Mansfield where the death certificate mentioned Covid-19 as one of the causes, up to February 5.

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