THREE more people have died at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust after contracting coronavirus.

The latest NHS figures show that two people died on Tuesday, May 26 and another died on Wednesday, May 27.

Since the outbreak began, 192 deaths linked to COVID-19 have been recorded by the trust, which runs Whiston, St Helens and Newton hospitals.

NHS England and NHS Improvement provides information on all coronavirus-related (suspected and confirmed) deaths in England hospitals.

The figures are updated every day and include confirmed death cases reported at 5pm the previous day.

Cases are only included in the data when a positive COVID-19 test result is received, or where COVID-19 is documented as a direct or underlying cause of death on the death certificate, which results in a lag between a given date of death and the daily death figures for that day.

Across the UK, more than 37,000 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died across all settings.

At the latest count, a further 185 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 26,234.

Patients were aged between 28 and 99 years old. Five of the 185 patients (aged 65 and 96) had no known underlying health condition.

Their families have been informed.

The North West has the highest number of coronavirus related deaths for the third day running.

The NHS figures do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in care homes or in private homes.

NHS England and NHS Improvement do not publish recovery figures.