THERE has been one further Covid-19-related hospital death reported in Bradford since Saturday.

According to the latest NHS figures, it was reported by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Saturday and the patient died on May 2.

It means the total number of reported hospital deaths in the Bradford district now stands at 900  – 637 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 261 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Nationally, the deaths of 16 people who tested positive for Covid-19 were announced, taking the number of hospital deaths in England 87,294.

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."