How Hull Royal and Castle Hill battled Covid - and the tragedy of those who died after catching it in hospital 874 patient deaths have been recorded including 132 who caught coronavirus in hospital The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The full impact of the first two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic at Hull Royal and Castle Hill hospitals has been revealed in detail for the first time. A new report by the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust charts the unprecedented challenges faced by healthcare staff over the last year as well as the heart-breaking death toll caused by the virus.