Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital (inset) A FURTHER 13 people have died in Dorset hospitals bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 539. Figures released today by NHS England reveal that in the last 24 hours, two more people reported to have died at Dorset County Hospital. Elsewhere in Dorset, 10 more deaths were reported in University Hospitals Dorset and there was one more death within the Dorset Healthcare Universities Trust. University Hospitals Dorset has seen a total of 256 deaths. Its predecessors - the Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals - saw 68 and 107 deaths respectively before the merger Dorset County Hospital has seen 63 deaths and there have been 45 in the Dorset Healthcare Universities Trust.