A FURTHER two Covid-19-related hospital deaths have been reported in the Bradford district today.

According to the latest NHS figures, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported one, while Airedale NHS Foundation Trust reported one.

One patient died at Bradford on Saturday, January 9, while the patient died at Airedale on Sunday, January 10.

It means that the total number of hospital deaths in the district, according to NHS England figures, now stands at 661 - 469 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals, 190 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Meanwhile, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust reported two deaths.

Nationally, a further 489 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 56,069.

Patients were aged between 26 and 103 years old. All except 33 (aged 26 to 97 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from November 25, 2020 to January 10, 2021 with the majority being on or after January 8.

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."