A FURTHER five people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Hampshire.

Figures released by the NHS this afternoon have revealed that five more patients have died in Hampshire.

This brings the total number of deaths in the county up to 531 from 526 recorded at the same time yesterday.

The statistics cover University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS), Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

At UHS, 162 patients have died who tested positive for the virus, up by two in the last 24 hours.

At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 147 people have died - up by three from 144 yesterday.

In total, 206 people have died at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after contracting the virus, the same number as recorded yesterday with no increase in the last 24 hours.

There have been no more coronavirus related deaths at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust where 16 people have died after testing positive for Covid-19.