Over 110 COVID-19 related deaths recorded in Lancashire in one week

A total of 2,161 people have now died in hospital in Lancashire after contracting Covid-19.
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The latest figures from NHS England show 111 COVID-19 deaths were recorded in Lancashire from Monday, December 28 to Sunday, January 3.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recorded 30 fatalities, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust recorded 49, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recorded 16 and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust recorded 16.

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The statistics include patients who died in hospital - but not other places, such as care homes.

How many people have died in Lancashire as of Tuesday, January 5?

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - 575

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - 671

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - 522

The latest figures from NHS England.The latest figures from NHS England.
The latest figures from NHS England.

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust* - 393

* Note: As well as the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, this trust also runs two hospitals outside Lancashire - Furness General Hospital, in Barrow, and Westmorland General Hospital, in Kendal - so it is not possible to say how many of the deaths were in Lancashire.

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