Eight Covid-related deaths — but no patients in critical care

EIGHT more people have died at Rotherham Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 — but there are no Covid-positive patients in critical care for the second week running.

As of this morning, the number of inpatients testing positive had halved — 24 compared with 50 last week — and there were none in critical care. 

The latest deaths bring the total of Covid-positive patients who have died at the hospital since the start of the pandemic to 706.

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The total number of inpatients who have tested positive since Covid-19 began is now 3,496. 

A total of 201,576 people in the borough have had their first vaccination, while 184,842 have had their second.