NO further Covid-19-related hospital deaths have been reported today in Bradford.

According to the latest NHS figures, no further deaths were reported by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust or Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

It means the total number of reported hospital deaths in the Bradford district remains at 873 - 611 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 260 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Nationally, a further one patient who tested positive for Covid-19 has died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 86,741.

Their family has 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."