Covid: 35 patients have died at trust which runs Colchester Hospital in a week
A total of 35 patients have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the last week, figures show.
The NHS England stats show between February 11 and February 18, 35 Covid patients have died at the East Suffolk and North Essex Trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals.
Three of these deaths were announced today.
There have been a total of 1,142 deaths of Covid patients at the trust since the start of the pandemic.
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On Friday another 315 deaths of Covid patients were announced at hospitals in England.
There have now been 80,739 Covid deaths in hospitals.
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