Another hospital patient has died from coronavirus in mid Essex.

It takes the total number of Covid-19 related deaths at Broomfield Hospital- which is run by the Mid Essex Hospital Trust- to 169.

There have been no new deaths announced at St Peters Hospital in Maldon, meaning the total remains at two.

No new deaths have been announced at Braintree Community Hospital or Halstead Hospital.

Today's figures released by the NHS show another ten hospital patients have died from Covid-19 in Essex.

Three happened at the East Suffolk and North Essex trust taking it's total to 300.

The total at Basildon and Thurrock Trust is now 259 after a further three deaths were recorded.

Two patients at Princess Alexandra in Harlow and one patient lost their life in Southend.

These are the confirmed number of deaths at trusts which run hospitals in Essex:

East Suffolk and North Essex: 300

Basildon and Thurrock Trust: 259

Princess Alexandra: 201

Mid Essex Trust: 169

Southend: 179

Anglian Community Enterprise- Fryatt Hospital: 19

Essex Partnership Trust: 16

Provide - Braintree Community Hospital: 6

Provide - Halstead Hospital-1

Provide- St Peters Hospital-2

Anglian Community Enterprise- Clacton Hospital: 2