ONE further Covid-19-related hospital death has been reported today in Bradford.

According to the latest NHS figures, the further death was recorded by either Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, on March 17, while none were reported by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

It means the total number of reported hospital deaths in the Bradford district, according to the latest NHS figures, stands at 848 - 590 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 256 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Nationally, a further 97 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 85,585.

Patients were aged between 43 and 99 years old. All except five (aged 55 to 89) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from January 18 to March 17, 2021 with the majority being on or after March 15.

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."