NO more coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in Dorset hospitals for the second consecutive day. Data released by NHS England shows no new deaths in the county’s hospitals, with the last death coming at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust on February 26. A total of 660 people have died with the virus at UHD since the start of the pandemic, 105 have died at the Dorset County Hospital and 71 fatalities have been recorded at the Dorset Healthcare Trust. In hospitals across England, a further 127 people died with Covid 19, taking the total to 83,250. Patients were aged between 46 and 99-years-old and all but one had underlying health conditions.
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THE number of coronavirus patients being cared for in Dorset hospitals has been revealed. Latest figures show that 86 patients were being treated across Dorset s three hospital trusts as of Tuesday this week. NHS England data shows 25 coronavirus patients were being cared for at Dorset County Hospital at 8am on February 23 - down from 29 on the same day the previous week. It means the number of beds at DCH occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 has decreased by 69 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 80. The figures also show that 16 new Covid patients were admitted to DCH in the week to February 21. This was down from 26 in the previous seven days.