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NO further coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset hospitals in the last 24 hours.
A total of 35 people died with the virus in hospitals in England, bringing the total to 85,765. Those who died were between the ages of 37 and 98 and all except two had known underlying health conditions.
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Since the start of the pandemic there have been 721 deaths in University Hospitals Dorset, 110 in the Dorset County Hospital and 73 within the Dorset Healthcare Universities Trust.
The highest number of recent deaths was 12 in the Midlands with seven in the North East and Yorkshire, four in the North West and three in each of the East of England, London and the South West.
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