Another eight people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Dorset.

Another death has been confirmed at Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester, bringing the total at the trust to 12.

Four more deaths have been reported at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, bringing the total to 20.

Eighteen people have died at Poole NHS Foundation Trust in total after three more deaths were reported.

There have been no further deaths at Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation, were a total of four people have died. 

Overall, 54 people have died in the county. 

It comes as a further 765 people, who tested positive for Covid-19, have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 7,248.

Patients were aged between 24 and 103 years old, and 43 of the 765 patients - aged between 33 and 99-years-old - had no known underlying health condition.  

Their families have been informed.