Twenty two patients have now died at Milton Keynes hospital after testing positive for Covid-19

Figures released by NHS England this weekend show the hospital's total death toll doubled from 11 to 22 over the past eight days.

On two of the days, March 30 and March 25, there were three deaths.

NHS England dates deaths from the day they were reported, which is not necessarily the day they occurred, and the information is usually a week behind,

The latest tragedies to be announced took place between March 5 and March 30 and it is not known how many patients have died since that date.

It is also not known how many, if any, coronavirus-linked deaths have taken place in MK outside of the hospital, at the victim's home or in care homes.

As of yesterday (Saturday) the number of people who had tested positive for Covid-19 in MK was 149. Again, this figure only covers cases tested at the hospital, and the true number of infected people is unknown.

The full list of deaths from NHS England is below:

March 6: 1 death

March 14: 1 death

March 15: i death

March 21: 1 death

March 22: 1 death

March 23: 1 death

March 24: 1 death

March 25: 3 deaths

March 26: 2 deaths

March March 27: 2 deaths

March 29: 2 deaths

March 30: 3 deaths