One new coronavirus death at Doncaster hospital
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NHS England figures show 790 people had died in hospital at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as of 5pm on Tuesday, May 11.
That was an increase of one compared to Monday, when there were 789.
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The victims were among 13,333 deaths recorded across the North East and Yorkshire.
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.
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