Covid-19 death toll at KGH moves into the 90s

The number of coronavirus patients who have lost their lives at Kettering General Hospital is now into the 90s.

Five more deaths have been confirmed by the Rothwell Road hospital this weekend - three announced yesterday and two today (Sunday) - taking the total to 90.

Of the confirmed deaths one took place on April 20, one on April 21 and three on April 23.

One patient died while ITV News were filming a behind-the-scenes report from the intensive care unit at the hospital on Thursday.

In the report, which aired on national news bulletins, the hospital revealed the average age of their Covid-19 patients was just 58.

The youngest patient to die at the hospital was a man aged just 38.

Emergency care matron Louise Hyde said: "Patients are coming in, they are very sick, they are younger than we are used to managing, they can deteriorate really quickly and when that happens that is obviously quite an emotive area for the staff to manage.

"It brings the reality of it all very close to home."

Yesterday the hospital started craning pieces in for a new 18-bed ward on their car park to help increase capacity because some wards have had to be reconfigured because of the coronavirus.

Today NHS England confirmed the death toll at hospitals in England now stands at 18,420 after a further 336 deaths, although the figure is expected to be much higher because it doesn't include deaths at care homes and in the community.