TWO more patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have died over the weekend at the trust which runs Basildon Hospital.

The Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has recorded the death of one patient diagnosed with Covid-19 on Friday and another one on Sunday.

Previously the Trust has not recorded a coronavirus related death for 13 days, since last Monday, July 13.

This means the total number of deaths recorded at Basildon Hospital stands at 307.

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Southend Hospital, has not recorded the death of a patient diagnosed with the coronavirus since last Monday, July 20.

The total number of deaths recorded at the hospital stands at 249.

NHS England reported the deaths of three patients diagnosed with Covid-19 in the East of England within its daily announcement.

The figures record deaths against the date they happened, rather than the date the deaths were announced.

NHS England revealed a further nine people who tested positive for the virus have died in hospitals across the country on Sunday.

This brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,281.

The patients were aged between 36 and 89 years old, and all had known underlying health conditions.

Their families have been informed.