Virus claims two lives in our hospitals
TWO further coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded at an NHS health trust operating in Derbyshire.
The fatalities, which occurred within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test, were at Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, and bring the total deaths there since the start of the pandemic to 1,648.
The deaths reported by NHS England mean that the total number of people who have died since the start of the pandemic in the county now stands at 2,101.
Another 34 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Derbyshire, according to statistics released by the Government on Wednesday. The total includes eight positive tests in Derby and 26 across the wider Derbyshire area. After three consecutive days with no new cases reported in Derbyshire Dales, it yesterday recorded four. There was no coronavirus increase in Amber Valley.
The figures bring the total of recorded coronavirus cases in Derby and Derbyshire to 68,716.
The total number of cases reported in Derbyshire (figure in brackets indicates new cases recorded in the last 24 hours):
■■Amber Valley 8,566 (0)
■■Bolsover 5,938 (3)
■■Chesterfield 6,102 (6)
■■Derby 19,983 (8)
■■Derbyshire Dales 2,972 (4)
■■Erewash 6,994 (3)
■■High Peak 4,929 (two new cases)
■■North East Derbyshire 5,940 (4)
■■South Derbyshire 7,292 (4) Nationwide, the Government said a further 45 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, bringing the UK total to 126,927. Separate figures from the UK’s statistics agencies show there have been 150,000 deaths registered where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
The Government also said that, as of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 2,763 lab-confirmed cases in the UK. It brings the total to 4,367,291.
Locally, the number of Covidrelated hospital deaths since the start of the pandemic is as follows (figure in brackets indicates changes in the last 24 hours):
■■Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 1,648 (2)
■■Chesterfield Royal Hospital 414 (0)
■■Derbyshire Community Health Services 37 (0)
■■Derbyshire Healthcare 2 (0). Government data up to April 6 shows that of the 37,391,103 jabs given in the UK so far, 31,707,594 were first doses – a rise of 85,227 on the previous day. Some 5,683,509 were second doses, an increase of 186,793