Coronavirus: Four more patients die in north Nottinghamshire as UK death toll rises by 563

The deaths were recorded at hospitals under the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield Community Hospital and Newark.

Elsewhere in the county, the Nottinghamshire University Hospitals NHS Trust recorded 11 deaths of people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

The Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recorded a further three deaths.

NHS England also announced today (Wednesday, April 1) that a further 486 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died- bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 2,137.#

Patients were aged between 13 and 99 years old. 20 of the 486 patients (aged between 13 and 93 years old) had no known underlying health condition.

Their families have been informed.

The number of deaths in the UK currently stands at 2,352 as of 5pm on Tuesday, the Department of Health said.

This was up by 563 from 1,789 the day before.

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