Chesterfield records another Covid-19 death on Boxing Day

Chesterfield recorded an additional Covid-19 death over Boxing Day, the latest figures have shown.
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The most recent NHS data released by Public Health England this afternoon (December 26) revealed that the patient died after testing positive for the virus while being treated in Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

This brings Chesterfield's coronavirus death toll to 204.

A man wearing a face mask walks past the shutters of temporarily-closed stores (Photo by David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)A man wearing a face mask walks past the shutters of temporarily-closed stores (Photo by David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A man wearing a face mask walks past the shutters of temporarily-closed stores (Photo by David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A further 570 deaths in the UK were reported on Christmas Day, taking the number of people in the UK who have now died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test to 70,195.

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