NO more deaths involving coronavirus have been confirmed in Dorset’s hospitals, latest figures show.

Data released by NHS England shows there were no further deaths recorded in the county’s hospitals from yesterday’s update.

It means since the start of the pandemic, the total number of deaths with coronavirus in Dorset hospitals remains at 346.

The University Hospitals Dorset Trust has recorded 284 deaths, 30 have been recorded at the Dorset County Hospital and 32 at the Dorset Healthcare Trust.

Across England, a further 376 people died with the virus in hospital, taking the total to 51,813.

Patients were aged between 26 and 102 years old, and all but eighteen had underlying health conditions.

The south west recorded 22 deaths.