Covid-19: eight more patients die from virus while being treated in Mansfield's hospitals

NHS England data released this afternoon (January 28) shows another eight patients have died after testing positive for Covid-19 within Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The trust which runs Mansfield Community Hospital, King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton and Newark Hospital now has a total of 433 virus fatalities since the pandemic first hit last year.

Across England, the latest figures show a further 907 people have lost their lives while being cared for in hospitals after contracting coronavirus, which were recorded in the 24 hours to 4pm on Wednesday, January 27.

Overall, the country’s total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals has now increased to 69,801.

The most recently recorded fatalities took place between November 11, 2020 and January 27, 2021, with the majority being on or after January 22 – allowing for the time taken for positive results to be received among the potential factors in a delay between a death happening and being recorded.

NHS England said the patients were aged between 25 and 104 years old and all except 33 people aged between 46 and 102 years old suffered from known underlying health conditions.

The figures represent the deaths of people who were being treated in hospital, following a positive coronavirus test in the previous 28 day period and whose fatalities were documented in the latest reporting period.

A total of 55 patients also died from Covid-19 across England despite having no positive test result.

In Mansfield, a total of 208 patients passed away across all settings within 28 days of testing positive for the virus up to Thursday, January 28, according to the most recent Government health figures.

The number of fatalities across all settings in Mansfield equates to 190.3 deaths per 100,000 people since the pandemic began, with the highest daily total being seven deaths on four separate days – January 12, 20, 22, and 24, 2021.

Separate Office for National Statistics data shows there have been a total of 182 deaths recorded in Mansfield where the death certificate mentioned Covid-19 as one of the causes, up to January 15.

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