NO further Covid-19-related hospital deaths have been reported over the last three days in Bradford.

According to the latest NHS figures, there were further deaths reported by either Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust or Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

This covers the last three days; May 22, 23 and today. The daily Covid death figures are now no longer announced on weekends by the NHS. Instead, any deaths on Saturdays or Sundays are announced retrospectively on the following Monday.

It means the total number of reported hospital deaths in the Bradford district remains at 891 – 629 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 260 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Nationally, a further 13 patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have died over the last three days, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 87,134.

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."