NHS England has announced 67 new deaths of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 with the death toll of coronavirus patients at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital rising by one, making the total in Swindon 122.
NHS England releases updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death in hospitals in England, often including previously uncounted deaths that took place several days or even weeks ago.
This is because of the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19, for post-mortem examinations to be processed and for data from the tests to be validated.
