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FIVE further deaths from coronavirus have been recorded in Dorset hospitals in the last 24 hours.
This brings the total in the county's hospitals since the start of the pandemic to 346.
The latest deaths were all within University Hospitals Dorset, which covers the Royal Bournemouth and Poole hospitals.
Death figures in the Dorset Healthcare University Trust and Dorset County Hospital remain at 32 and 30 respectively.
The latest case numbers will be released later on Sunday, January 3 but have been steadily rising over the Christmas and New Year period.
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