A FURTHER two Covid-19-related hospital deaths were reported in the Bradford district yesterday.

According to the latest NHS figures, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust reported two deaths, while Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported no deaths. 

The two deaths at Airedale were both reported on Wednesday, January 27.

It means that the total number of hospital deaths in the district, according to NHS England figures, now stands at 742 - 517 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals, 223 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Elsewhere in West Yorkshire, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust reported four deaths, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reported two deaths and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust reported 13 deaths.

Nationally, a further 907 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 69,801.

Patients were aged between 25 and 104 years old. All except 33 (aged 46 to 102 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from November 11, 2020 to January 27, 2021 with the majority being on or after January 22.

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."