Second Covid-19 death in six days is confirmed at Kettering General Hospital

NHS England reveals sad news that patient passed away on Monday
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NHS England has confirmed a second Covid-19 patient has died at Kettering General Hospital in the space of six days.

Today's daily bulletin revealed the patient sadly died at the Rothwell Road site on Monday (October 12) having tested positive for coronavirus within the previous 28 days.

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The death was among 65 since Friday confirmed today by NHS England.

It followed a similar fatality last Wednesday (October 7) which was the first in the county since August 25.

No other details have been released by the hospital. But the death was one of 36 so far recorded by NHS England on October 12, all of which were in the 60-79 or 80-plus age group.

Healthcare admissions have risen sharply across the UK during the last month as Covid-19 cases multiplied.

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The latest media briefing by Public Health Northamptonshire revealed 15 Covid-19 patients were being treated in the county's two acute hospitals. That figure is expected to be updated at the next briefing on Friday.

A second Covid-19 patient has died at Kettering in less than a weekA second Covid-19 patient has died at Kettering in less than a week
A second Covid-19 patient has died at Kettering in less than a week

Covid-19 has been identified as a factor in 311 deaths at Northampton General Hospital — the most recent on August 2 — and now 222 in Kettering since the pandemic hit the UK in March.

NHS analysts release information on the deaths of patients who have died in hospitals in England and either tested positive for Covid-19 or where no positive test result was received but Covid-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.

A further 151 deaths in county care homes have been linked to Covid-19 by the Care Quality Commission, although the most recent was on August 17.

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Northamptonshire has seen 1,080 new positive coronavirus tests reported by labs in the last fortnight.

Director of Public Health Lucy Wightman admitted the spread of the virus was worrying although the county was placed in the lowest "medium risk" tier among local areas when the Government announced its latest scheme to combat the spread of Covid-19 earlier this week.

Mrs Wightman said: "There has been a significant increase in cases locally and nationally but our spike is really quite steep and quite severe and it is affecting all of our boroughs and districts.

""Increases in community cases in the north of England have often been followed seven days later by an impact on hospitals so we are keen to try and avoid that locally.

Merseyside was the only area placed in the "very high" tier and local officials there say Liverpool's intensive care beds are over 90 per cent full and acute hospital trusts are being overwhelmed.