Lancashire records 13 virus deaths with spikes in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble hospitals
Further fatalities were also recorded at Morecambe and Southport hospitals but none at Blackpool or East Lancashire trusts
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Lancashire s coronavirus death toll rises by 13
THIRTEEN people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Lancashire’s hospitals, the latest data has shown. Of those 13 deaths, nine were recorded with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, which among others operates Chorley General. The trust has now reported a total of 531 deaths. The fatalities were announced after several days of a reprieve in death reports from the trust, unlike around the rest of the county were numbers have been spiking in recent days. The East Lancashire Hospitals trusts – which operates the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General – has reported double figures in the last two days.
NHS hospitals across Lancashire record 16 more Covid deaths on New Year s Day Another 16 people have lost their lives due to the coronavirus at hospitals across Lancashire. New data published on New Year s Day showed that in the last 24 hours the East Lancashire Hospital Trust’s death toll rose by six to 644. In Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, four more people died with Covid-19, taking the total there to 553, while four more deaths were registered at facilities managed by the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, meaning since the start of the pandemic, 514 people have died with the virus. No Covid-realted deaths were registered in Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals Trust but two more were recorded in Morecambe s hospitals.
Another 23 dead in Lancashire s hospitals as coronavirus cases continue to rise Another 23 people have lost their lives due to the coronavirus at hospitals across Lancashire. New data published on Thursday showed that in the last 24 hours the East Lancashire Hospital Trust’s death toll rose by 8 to 638. In Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, nine more people died with Covid-19, taking the total there to 549, while two more deaths were registered at facilities managed by the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, meaning since the start of the pandemic, 510 people have died with the virus. Three more Covid-realted deaths were registered in Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals Trust and one more in Morecambe s hospitals.