No coronavirus-related deaths reported at Chesterfield Royal Hospital

No coronavirus related deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
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Daily figures published by NHS England show the number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus – and none have been reported at Chesterfield Royal.

The death toll at the trust remains at 32.

Nationally, a further 866 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 8,114.

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Patients were aged between 27 and 100 years old.

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56 of the 866 patients had no known underlying health condition.

One death has been registered under Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, and one under Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

It's "still too early" to say whether the UK has reached the peak of its coronavirus cases, according to NHS England's national medical director.

Stephen Powis said: "It's really difficult to predict where any peak of that plateau will be.

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"Unfortunately I think for the next week or so [death rates] will continue to be high because it is the very last thing that changes when you introduce these measures."

Mr Powis said social distancing measures will be eased when the number of coronavirus-related deaths starts to fall - but warned it could be "one or two" weeks away.

Asked what it would take for the current social distancing measures to be relaxed, he told BBC Breakfast: "Clearly we want to see deaths falling, and I think that could be a week or two yet.