THERE has been one further Covid-19 death recorded in the Bradford district's hospitals today, according to the latest NHS figures.

The death was reported by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust on Tuesday, February 9. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust did not report any further deaths.

It brings the Covid-19 hospital death toll in the Bradford district to 788, according to NHS England.

Of those deaths, 545 have been reported by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 241 by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and two by Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

In West Yorkshire, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust reported six deaths, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reported five deaths and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust reported eight deaths.

Nationally, a further 494 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 77,745.

Patients were aged between 27 and 103 years old. All except 22 (aged 51 to 87 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from December 23, 2020 to February 10, 2021 with the majority being on or after February 6.

The families of all patients 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."