This is the latest number of coronavirus deaths in Mansfield and Ashfield - and confirmed cases in Nottinghamshire

There have now been 49 Covid-19-related deaths at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – with more than 800 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county.

By Michael Broomhead

Published 11th Apr 2020, 09:09 BST

Updated 11th Apr 2020, 14:07 BST

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NHS England statistics show that the current death toll as of 5pm yesterday stands at 49 for the trust, which runs King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton and Mansfield Community Hospital.

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There are now 566 cases of Covid-19 in Nottinghamshire county and 276 in Nottingham city.

Coronavirus has so far claimed the lives of 8,958 people in UK hospitals.

Coronavirus has so far claimed the lives of 8,958 people in UK hospitals.

The UK recorded 980 hospital deaths on Thursday, bringing the total to 8,958.

That death toll, which does not include those who died in care homes or the community, has exceeded the worst daily figures seen in Italy and Spain.

But England’s deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, warned it was ‘impossible to say we have peaked’, adding that the measures the country was taking with social distancing needed to continue.

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