No new deaths from coronavirus recorded by Morecambe Bay trust in eight days

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust has now recorded no new deaths from Covid-19 across the entire trust for eight days.
The Royal Lancaster Infirmary.The Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
The Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

The total number of deaths recorded at hospitals run by the trust stands at 165, according to NHS England data.

The last death to be recorded across the bay region was on Thursday June 11.

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And as of Monday June 15, 361 people have been discharged home from hospitals across Morecambe Bay following treatment for coronavirus.

However, yesterday we reported how all Royal Lancaster Infirmary children's wards were closed after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19.

The majority of people who contract the disease do not need hospital treatment.

The way deaths are announced nationally means only trust-wide figures are released by NHS England, and it now only includes data for a specific hospital trust on a daily basis if a death has been recorded.

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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust includes the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal and Furness General Hospital in Barrow - although WGH is being kept as a Covid-free site.

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

Last week we reported how Carnforth, Silverdale and Warton is the area of the Lancaster district with the highest number of Covid-19 deaths, with 14, while Moorlands and Greaves is the lowest with zero.