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

According to the latest NHS figures, both deaths were reported by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Tuesday, March 2, while Airedale NHS Foundation Trust did not report any.

It means the total number of reported hospital deaths in the Bradford district, according to the latest NHS figures, remains at 829 - 573 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 254 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Nationally, a further 184 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 83,917.

Patients were aged between 19 and 98 years old. All except six (aged 47 to 85 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from November 19, 2020 to March 3, 2021 with the majority being on or after February 28. 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."