Morecambe Bay hospitals record 18 new Covid-19 related deaths within the last week

NHS England records show that 18 patients died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 or where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
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The figures relate to the period between October 28 and November 4.

This brings the total number of Covid-19 related deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust - which includes the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital in Barrow - to 230.

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These figures do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in care homes.

In the week up to October 31, the Lancaster district had a postive coronavirus case rate of 236.9 per 100,000.

The national average for England was 227.4