There have been no new coronavirus deaths recorded across all Hampshire hospitals in the past 24 hours.

It comes as England today (Friday) moves closer to 30,000 coronavirus-related deaths in hospitals.

Figures released by NHS England today show that amongst the new deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, none were at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Andover, Basingstoke and Winchester hospitals.

No new deaths were recorded at Portsmouth Hospital, none were recorded at University Hospital Southampton and none at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

A further 16 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,247

Patients were aged between 58 and 104 years old. All had known underlying health conditions.