THE total number of Covid-19 deaths at Salisbury District Hospital remains 56, with the last coronavirus fatality recorded on June 13.

With the figure confirmed by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, this is now the fourth week with no Covid-19 deaths.

Nationally, a further 22 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 28,991.

Patients were aged between 53 and 94-years-old. One patient, aged 77-years-old, had no known underlying health conditions. 

None of these cases were in the south west.