Coronavirus: A third patient with the virus dies at Melton Hospital
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust said a man aged in his late 80s, and who had no underlying health conditions, died there on Thursday.
A woman in the same age range, who had an underlying health issue, passed away at the hospital on May 11 and a man. also aged in his 80s and who had also tested positive for coronavirus, died there on May 5.
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A trust spokesperson said following the latest case: “The family has been informed and our thoughts and condolences are with them at this difficult and distressing time.”
Today’s news follows an update that the number of Covid-19 related deaths of Leicestershire patients at city hospitals, where the most serious cases are treated, has now reached 324.