The Royal Bolton Hospital
ONE more death due to coronavirus at the Royal Bolton Hospital has been confirmed in latest NHS data.
The death takes the toll at the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust to 618.
There has been 24,373 confirmed coronavirus cases in Bolton to March 2.
Nationally, a further 204 people who tested positive for coronavirus died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 83,733, NHS England said on Wednesday.
Patients were aged between 32 and 100.
All except seven, aged between 63 and 88, had known underlying health conditions.
The deaths were between January 2 and March 2, with the majority being on or after February 27.
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