A PATIENT in Malton has died after testing positive for coronavirus.
The first death in the town was confirmed by Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, which runs inpatient beds at Malton Hospital.
As of yesterday (Thursday) there has been 29 deaths within the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, with 19 deaths at York Hospital and 10 at Scarborough Hospital.
NHS England said that the total number of coronavirus deaths within the trust is 33.
A further 765 people, who tested positive for the coronavirus 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. 43 of the 765 patients, aged between 33 and 99 years old, had no known underlying health condition.
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