Coronavirus: Two more deaths in West Sussex hospitals
They've been included in the latest NHS update
Two more people have died at hospitals in West Sussex after testing positive for coronavirus, according to the latest data from NHS England.
The deaths took place at the Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Monday and Tuesday (September 28th and 29th).
It brings the total number of coronavirus-related deaths at the trust to 122 since the start of the pandemic in March.
The Western Sussex Hospitals trust runs St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, Worthing Hospital and Southlands Hospital in Shoreham.
The victims were among 3,601 deaths recorded across the South East.
Of 25 trusts within the South East, Western Sussex Hospitals trust has the 15th-highest death toll.
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."
Only deaths that occur in hospitals where the patient has tested positive for Covid-19 are recorded, with deaths in the community excluded, such as those in care homes.