Latest coronavirus figures for confirmed cases and hospital deaths in East Sussex

Across the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, a total of 100 people have died, an increase of three since yesterday’s figures were released.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the Conquest Hospital in St Leonards, Bexhill Hospital and Eastbourne’s DGH, has seen 64 people die of coronavirus.

The figure was the same as yesterday’s recorded figures for the trust.

Public Health England data says 588 people in East Sussex have now tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), according to figures published today.

The figure for Brighton and Hove is 376.

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