Across the country, NHS England has announced 204 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 21,384 with one more death testing positive for coronavirus recorded at Swindon’s Great Western Hospitals.
The death, which occurred on April 12th, bring the total number of coronavirus fatalities at the hospital up to 88.
Of the 204 new deaths announced today, 54 occurred yesterday, 108 on 2nd May, 24 on the 1st, 3 occurred on April 30 and 2 occurred on April 29 with the remaining deaths occurred as far back as March 29th.
As of 5.30pm yesterday, 3rd May 2020, there were 372 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Swindon and 450 in Wiltshire.
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.pm
