Two more coronavirus deaths at West Sussex hospitals
There have also been 40 new cases in the last 24 hours
Two more patients who tested positive for coronavirus have died at hospitals in West Sussex, according to the latest figures from NHS England.
The update released on Wednesday (October 7th) confirmed that the deaths took place last Thursday and Friday (October 1st and 2nd) at sites run by the Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
A total of 126 people have died after being confirmed to have the virus at St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, Worthing Hospital and Southlands Hospital in Shoreham since March.
The victims were among 3,618 deaths recorded across the South East.
Of 25 trusts within the region, 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.
In addition, a further 40 positive coronavirus cases were confirmed in West Sussex on Wednesday according to the Department of Health and Social Care figures.
They were among 1,4162 further confirmed cases of covid-19 over the last 24 hours.
The current number of confirmed cases in each local area currently stands as follows:
Mid Sussex - 782
Horsham - 708
Crawley - 581
Worthing - 576
Arun - 484
Chichester - 397
Adur - 271