TWELVE further coronavirus deaths have been recorded across the county in the last 24 hours.

Figures published by NHS England at 2pm today (December 29) reveal that 12 more people have died with coronavirus.

Across the whole of Hampshire, 895 people have died with Covid-19 since the start of the health crisis in March.

Nine people suffering with coronavirus have been recorded as having died at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 388.

One further death has been recorded at Hampshire Hospitals Trust, bringing the total up to 240 deaths since the start of the pandemic. 

Two people have died at University Hospital Southampton, bringing the total to 240. 

No other deaths were recorded across the county's other Trusts.

At Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust there have been 23 deaths since the start of the pandemic and four deaths at Solent NHS Trust.