UPDATE: No new coronavirus deaths at Milton Keynes Hospital

No new deaths from coronavirus have been recorded at the Milton Keynes Hospital Trust over the past 24 hours, latest official figures show.

There have also been no new cases. And the current total still stands at 510.

NHS England figures show 102 people had died in hospital at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as of 5pm on Thursday (May 28) – the same number as on Wednesday.

A week ago, there had been 101 deaths recorded.

The victims were among 3,082 deaths recorded across the East of England.

Of 23 trusts within the region, Milton Keynes Hospital trust has the 15th-highest death toll.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

This means some of the deaths that were first recorded in the last 24 hours may actually have taken place days earlier.

NHS England guidance states: "Confirmation of Covid-19 diagnosis, death notification and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure."

Only deaths that occur in hospitals where the patient has tested positive for Covid-19 are recorded, with deaths in the community excluded, such as those in care homes.

Nationally, the number of coronavirus cases now stands at 271,222. The number of deaths has been recorded as 38,161.