CORONAVIRUS deaths have been recorded at Dorset County Hospital (DCH) and the University Hospitals Dorset (UHD).
Figures released by the NHS reveal a patient died from coronavirus on Sunday, August 8 while under the care of staff at Dorset County Hospital (DCH), in Dorchester.
Figures now show that 114 people have died of coronavirus at DCH since the start of the pandemic.
The figures show the last recorded Covid-19 related death at DCH - prior to the update - was as recent as August 3.
The figures show there has been a recorded death at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD), which happened yesterday (Monday, August 9).
UHD incorporates the former Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Trust, as well as Poole Hospital.
Figures now show that 745 people have died of coronavirus at UHD since the start of the pandemic.
The last recorded coronavirus-related death at UHD - prior to the updated data - was on August 1.
Dorset Healthcare, the trust responsible for community hospitals and mental health care, has recorded 73 Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, with the last recorded Covid-19 death at Dorset Healthcare Universities Trust was recorded on March 14.
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