Another three coronavirus deaths recorded in West Sussex
It brings the total at the county's main NHS trust to 144
Three more hospital patients in West Sussex have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus.
The latest figures from NHS England showed two patients being cared for by the Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust passed away last Friday (December 4th) and another died on Sunday (December 6th).
Seven people have passed away at the trust in the space of as many days, with the total since the start of the pandemic increasing to 144.
The trust runs St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, Worthing Hospital and Southlands Hospital in Shoreham.
The victims were among 4,521 deaths recorded across the South East.
Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.
This means some of the deaths that were first recorded in the latest period may actually have taken place days earlier.
NHS England guidance states: "Confirmation of Covid-19 diagnosis, death notification and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure."
In total, 502 deaths have been recorded in West Sussex where people had a positive coronavirus test result for Covid-19 and died within 28 days of the first positive test in all settings, including care homes, private homes and in hospices.
Mid Sussex has seen the most with 125 deaths, followed by Horsham with 103, Crawley, with 79, Worthing with 65, Chichester with 53, Arun with 49 and Adur with 28.
As of Monday morning, 9,660 people had tested positive for coronavirus in West Sussex since the start of the pandemic, including 495 in the last seven days.
The rate of infections is 1,118.1 per 100,000 people, below the national average for England (2,648.4) and the South East (1,633).
Here's how many people have tested positive for Covid-19 in West Sussex in the last week (figures in brackets show the rate per 100,000 people).
Mid Sussex - 151 (100)
Arun - 103 (64.1)
Horsham - 88 (61.2)
Chichester - 55 (45.4)
Crawley - 47 (41.8)
Worthing - 28 (25.3) - 8th lowest total in the UK, 4th lowest total in England
Adur - 23 (35.8) - 5th lowest total in the UK, lowest total in England
Here's how many people have tested positive for Covid-19 in West Sussex since the start of the pandemic (figures in brackets show the rate per 100,000 people).
Mid Sussex - 1,987 (1,315.7)
Horsham - 1,668 (1,160)
Crawley - 1,542 (1,371.8)
Arun - 1,459 (907.6)
Chichester - 1,305 (1,077.4)
Worthing - 1,107 (1001.2)
Adur - 592 (920.7)