Alex Pope
BBC News

A second patient has died after testing positive for Covid-19 at West Suffolk Hospital, external in Bury St Edmunds.

Nick Jenkins, medical director for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We can confirm that, sadly, two patients in their 70s with underlying health conditions have passed away at West Suffolk Hospital.

"They had tested positive for Covid-19.

“Our thoughts and condolences remain with these patients’ family and loved ones at this difficult time.”

The hospital said the second death happened on Wednesday.

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So far 480 people have tested positive for the virus in the NHS East of England area, according to Public Health England, external.

There have been a further 43 cases in Northamptonshire and 59 in the Buckinghamshire County Council area, which come under Midlands and South East respectively.

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The prime minister has agreed to "come down like a tonne of bricks" on criminals exploiting the coronavirus crisis after the issue was raised by Ipswich's Conservative MP Tom Hunt.

During Prime Minister's Questions Mr Hunt said he was "concerned criminal elements might look to exploit this moment of national emergency to push their own insidious agenda".

He asked whether the prime minster would "promise that we will come down like a tonne of bricks on those such individuals".

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In response Boris Johnson said: "The early signs are that criminal activity is not up, but in fact down, at the moment, but we will come down like a tonne of bricks on anybody who seeks to exploit the situation [with coronavirus]."

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