Another four coronavirus deaths at KGH

A further four patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 at Kettering General Hospital have died.

It brings the death toll at KGH to 70.

The deaths, which took place on Friday (April 17), Saturday (April 18) and two on Sunday (April 19), were confirmed in today's update from NHS England (Tuesday).

Nationally, NHS England said a further 778 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 15,607.

Patients were aged between 22 and 103-years-old.

24 of the 778 patients (aged between 49 and 91-years-old) had no known underlying health condition.

However, the actual figure is expected to be much higher with the total not including deaths in care homes and the community.

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