Derbyshire coronavirus death toll rises as 514 more fatalities are confirmed across England
The number of people who have died with coronavirus at Chesterfield Royal Hospital has risen by one to 68, according to the latest figures published this afternoon.
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Across England, a further 514 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died in hospitals, taking the number of confirmed deaths nationally to 16,786.
The new statistics from NHS England are for deaths which have been reported at hospitals across England as of Wednesday, April 22, at 5pm.
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Hide AdThey do not include deaths in care homes or elsewhere in the community, and some hospital deaths take a while to be recorded in the official figures, meaning the true tally is likely to be considerably higher.
There are 969 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Derbyshire and 99,137 across England, according to Public Health England, though the true figure is likely to be much higher as most people are not tested.