One more person who tested positive for coronavirus has died at the Great Western Hospital, the NHS have revealed this afternoon.
It means there have now been 28 coronavirus-related deaths in Swindon since the pandemic began.
Across England, a total of 866 people who tested positive for the Covid-19 have died.
The NHS have clarified that 117 of the reported deaths in England took place on Thursday, while remaining 749 had passed earlier but their positive test have just been returned.
These figures will be updated at 2pm each day and include confirmed cases reported at 5pm the previous day. 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. This means that the totals reported at 5pm on each day may not include all deaths that occurred on that day or on recent prior days.
These figures do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in care homes. This approach makes it possible to compile deaths data on a daily basis using up to date figures.
