EIGHT people have tested positive for coronavirus in the whole of Oxfordshire. 

The latest figures from Public Health England reveal that there had been no new deaths within 28 days of a positive test result in the last 24 hours. 

189 people were admitted to hospitals in England with the deadly virus yesterday, bringing the total number of Covid-19 positive patients in wards to 2,321. 

Of those, 362 are on ventilation.

This can be compared to the end of March (25), when 711 patients were on ventilation in hospitals across England.

At Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the trust responsible for the John Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield and Horton hospitals) one patient was admitted to hospital yesterday, bringing the total number of people who have tested positive in hospital currently to 6. Nobody is on ventilation.

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, there are no patients who have tested positive for the virus at any community or mental health hospitals in Oxfordshire.   

These are the latest number of people who have tested positive in:

  • Oxford – 4
  • South Oxfordshire – 3
  • West Oxfordshire – 1
  • Cherwell – 0
  • Vale of White Horse – 1
  • Oxfordshire – 8
  • South East – 111
  • England – 1,338

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