Sunday update: NHS daily bulletin reveals no new Covid-19 victims at Northampton General Hospital

Sunday's NHS bulletin showed no new Covid-19 victims at Northampton General Hospital.

But the figures come with a note of caution from experts that weekends usually see lulls in the grim numbers of fatalities.

Bulletins issued last Sunday (June 14) and Monday also showed no deaths at NGH. Updated figures later revealed nine victims had died after testing positive for coronavirus at the hospital between Thursday and Sunday.

Information published daily is collated at 5pm the previous day but can reflect deaths up to five days before.

Numbers released on Sundays and Mondays are usually the lowest of the week due to an extra lag in the recording process before deaths are added to the national and local totals.

These weekend figures are then frequently followed by increases in midweek which include victims from previous days.

NGH has seen 283 Covid-19 victims since the first deaths in the county on March 16 while 210 have died at Kettering General Hospital.

Another 127 deaths related to coronavirus have been identified in the county's care homes up to June 12, taking the total number of known Covid-19 deaths in the county to 620.

Ten more victims have died in the care of Northamptonshire Health Foundation Trust during Covid-19 crisis, according the NHS.

NHFT provides services in the community in Northamptonshire and also in other counties. Since no locations have been confirmed for any of the deaths so they are not counted in the confirmed total for Northamptonshire.

The latest figures for infections in the county rose to 1,664 at 9am yesterday (Saturday) with 15 new cases confirmed by lab tests since the previous day.

A mobile testing unit is set up in Wellingborough until Tuesday. Those suffering coronavirus symptoms can book appointments via the Government website.

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