THERE has been one more death related to coronavirus in Worcestershire hospitals, bringing the total up to 294.

The latest figures, announced by the NHS today (June 10), show the death was at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust hospitals, bringing its total to 266.

There were no further deaths at Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, which runs community hospitals, so it remains at a total of 28.

The latest figures relate to new deaths being announced (the deaths did not all happen on the same day).

In England a further 88 people who tested positive for the coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals nationally to 27,707. Patients were aged between 43 and 102 years old. Three patients (aged between 53 and 87) had no known underlying health conditions.

Their families have been informed.

The acute hospital trust covers Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Evesham Community Hospital as well as the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch and Kidderminster Hospital.

The health and care NHS trust covers community hospitals and rehabilitation wards, including Worcester City Impatient Unit, Malvern Community Hospital, Evesham Community Hospital, Pershore Community Hospital, the Princess of Wales Community Hospital in Bromsgrove, Tenbury Community Hospital and the Wyre Forest Ward.

The figures on deaths relate to patients who have died in hospital and who have tested positive for Covid-19. They do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in care homes, prisons, ambulances or in the community.

Public Health England does not give a regional breakdown.

But using Office of National Statistics data up to May 29, added with hospital deaths since, reveals the number of Covid-19 related deaths in the county is at least 497 across all settings.