LATEST NHS figures reveal the number of coronavirus deaths in the city’s health trusts.

There have now been 18 people who have died with coronavirus in trusts based in Brighton and Hove.

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Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Royal Sussex Country Hospital, has recorded 14 deaths.

The trust, which also runs the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, recorded deaths on the following dates:

April 3: 1

April 1: 1

March 30:  2

March 28:  4

March 27: 2

March 24:  2

March 21: 1

March 19: 1

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, which is the main provider of NHS community health services across Brighton and Hove, has recorded four deaths.

The trust, which also provides services across West Sussex, recorded deaths on the following dates:

March 30 – 2

March 29 – 1

March 23 - 1

There have now been a total of 467 deaths across the south east of England and the nationwide death toll stands at 4,494.

The number of coronavirus cases confirmed across Sussex has risen.

Brighton and Hove cases have jumped from 71 to 84.

East Sussex climbed from 132 to 155, while the West Sussex total reached 220.

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