A FURTHER two Covid-19-related hospital deaths have been reported in Bradford today, according to the latest NHS figures.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported both deaths, on March 8, while Airedale NHS Foundation Trust did not report any further deaths.

It means the total number of reported hospital deaths in the Bradford district, according to NHS figures, now stands at 844 - 586 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals, 256 at Airedale and two at the Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Nationally, a further 145 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 84,776.

Patients were aged between 42 and 98 years old. All except 12 (aged 42 to 84 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from October 31, 2020 to March 9, 2021 with the majority being on or after March 5.

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."