Coronavirus cases have gone up by more than 100 across Oxfordshire as a further two more patients were announced to have died at John Radcliffe's hospital trust after testing positive for Covid.

NHS England figures show the latest deaths took place on Wednesday and Thursday at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH).

It takes the October death toll to five at the trust, which also runs the Churchill, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Banbury's Horton General Hospital.

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These had been the first at OUH since the beginning of July.

NHS England figures released last week showed there were 25 patients with Covid at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the John Radcliffe, as of 8am on Tuesday.

This is up from 16 at the same time last week.

According to Public Health England, as of 9am, these are the number of new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours;

  • Oxford - 34
  • Oxfordshire - 111
  • UK - 18,950

The total coronavirus cases since the pandemic started;

  • Oxford - 2,231
  • Oxfordshire - 7,250
  • UK - 1,053,864

Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.

A further 136 people were reported to have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test.

It takes the confirmed UK death toll to 46,853.

Globally, there have been more than 46.6 million confirmed Covid cases, with 1.2 million coronavirus deaths.