THE number of recorded coronavirus deaths in Sussex has risen.

Data released daily by NHS England shows the number of deaths registered by each NHS trust.

They do not include deaths outside hospitals, such as in care homes.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates hospitals in Crawley and Horsham as well as parts of East Sussex.

It has recorded 114 deaths, up eight from the day before.

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East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust runs hospitals in Eastbourne, Bexhill, Rye and St Leonards. It has recorded 38 deaths, up one.

Brighton and Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Brighton’s Royal Sussex County Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, has now recorded 51 deaths – the same as the previous day.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has recorded seven deaths, up one from the day before.

Reported deaths at Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust, which has sites in Chichester, Worthing and Shoreham, have increased to 46 from 42 in the last 24 hours.

In total there have been 256 deaths in Sussex trusts, up from 242 the previous day.

The Argus:

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Sussex has surpassed 1,000.

An update released by Public Health England this morning revealed that five further people had tested positive for the illness in Brighton and Hove.

This takes the city's total to 218 cases since the outbreak of the virus.

The number of confirmed cases in East and West Sussex also increased.

The East Sussex figure rose from 335 to 359, while the West Sussex total climbed from 398 to 459.

As a result, there have now been 1,036 confirmed coronavirus cases in the county.

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