ANOTHER six Covid deaths have been announced at Oxfordshire’s hospitals as cases have climbed by more than 350.

The deaths took place at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH), which runs the John Radcliffe, the Churchill, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Banbury’s Horton General Hospital.

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One death took place on Friday, four on Saturday, and the other patient died on Sunday.

It takes the total official coronavirus death toll at the trust since the start of the pandemic to 284.

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

  • Oxford - 85
  • Oxfordshire - 370
  • UK - 46,169

The total coronavirus cases since the pandemic started:

  • Oxford - 6,509
  • Oxfordshire - 23,586
  • UK - 3,072,349

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

A further 529 people were reported to have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test, however, due to technical problems on the Government's website the figure excludes Scotland.

It takes the UK death toll to 81,960.

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The latest available hospital trust-level figures show, as of Wednesday, January 5, OUH was treating 275 Covid-positive patients, with 29 in serious enough condition to need to be on ventilation. This is up from 185 the week before, with 21 patients on ventilation.

There have now been 2.6 million people in the UK vaccinated against Covid-19.