NINE more people have died with Covid-19 in Dorset hospitals, latest data has revealed.

This has taken the Covid death toll in Dorset hospitals to 731 since the start of the pandemic. 

All nine deaths occurred at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust, taking its total to 582.

Three people died on December 30, five people died on February 4 and one person died on February 5.

Dorset County Hospital's total since the start of the pandemic remains at 86.

63 people have died at the Dorset Healthcare Trust since the beginning of the pandemic.