NO further Covid-19-related hospital deaths have been reported today in Bradford.

According to the latest NHS figures, no further deaths were recorded for a second successive day at either Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust or Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

It means the total number of reported hospital deaths in the Bradford district, according to the latest NHS figures, remains at 654 - 464 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 188 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Elsewhere in West Yorkshire, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust reported one death, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had two deaths and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust had six deaths.

Nationally, a further 661 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 53,730.

Patients were aged between 33 and 103 years old. All except 28 (aged 48 to 96 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from December 2, 2020 to January 6, 2021.

Their families have been informed.

The figures are updated at 2pm each day and include confirmed death cases reported at 4pm the previous day.

NHS England says: "Confirmation of Covid-19 diagnosis, death notification, death certificates and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure.

"This means that the totals reported at 4pm on each day may not include all deaths that occurred on that day or on recent prior days."