ONE further coronavirus-related death had been reported by hospitals in the Bradford district.

According to the latest figures released by NHS England, the death was reported by the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Tuesday with the patient sadly passing away on July 3.

It means the total number of reported hospital deaths in the Bradford district stands at 910 – 644 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 264 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Nationally, a further 61 patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have died over the last two days, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 87,559.

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."