TWO people have died after testing positive for coronavirus. 

The deaths were recorded in one day at the trust in charge of the John Radcliffe Hospital. 

Figures published by NHS England show the deaths took place at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) on November 14. 

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OUH, which also runs the Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Banbury’s Horton General Hospital, has recorded four deaths for November so far – the other two reported last Saturday on November 7. 

This brings the total death count for the trust to 193. 

The total death toll figures from Public Health England for Oxford stands at 40 and for Oxfordshire is 304. 

The number of people who tested positive on Saturday, November 14: 

  • UK - 26,860 
  •  Oxford - 65 
  •  Oxfordshire - 179 

The number of people who tested positive on Sunday, November 15: 

  • UK - 26,860 
  • Oxford - 70
  • Oxfordshire - 176 

Oxfordshire’s cases were among the 107,069 recorded across the South East.