No additional Covid-19 deaths registered at Kettering General Hospital in last 24 hours

There have been no additional Covid-19 related deaths recorded at Kettering General Hospital in the last 24 hours.

As of 5pm yesterday (April 18) when data was collected, there had been no increase in the number of people who have died with Covid-19 compared to the previous daily announcement.

According to NHS daily figures, the total number of deaths at Kettering General Hospital remains at 64.

The drop in deaths at the hospital comes as there is a national decline in the number of deaths, from 888 people on Saturday (April 18), to 596 people today (April 19). The national total now stands at 16,060.

A further four Covid-19 deaths have been registered at Northampton General Hospital, taking the county-wide total to 170.

Each day, there is a daily announcement on the number of deaths from coronavirus in hospitals. However, this does not reflect the number of people that have died that day or within the past 24 hours.

Recording a death and confirming that it was due to Covid-19 can take a few days or weeks, so each day's figures will include deaths from the previous few days or weeks because of the reporting delay.

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