Seven new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at the newly-formed University Hospitals Dorset Trust in the latest 24-hour period, the latest official figures show.

NHS England figures show 557 people had died in hospital at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust as of 5pm on Monday (January 25).

There have been 274 deaths in University Hospitals Dorset, 107 at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 68 at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 63 in Dorset County Hospital and 45 within the Dorset Healthcare Universities Trust.

The victims were among 3,261 deaths recorded across the South West.

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 latest period 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.