FIVE further Covid-19-related hospital deaths have been reported in the Bradford district today.

According to the latest NHS England figures, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported two deaths and Airedale NHS Foundation Trust reported three further deaths.

At Bradford, one death was reported on February 24 and another death on the following day.

At Airedale, One death was reported on each of the following days; February 1, January 31 and January 30.

The total death toll at hospitals in the Bradford district now stands at 820 - 566 at BRI, 252 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Nationally, a further 307 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 82,717.

Patients were aged between 34 and 100 years old. All except nine (aged 60 to 94 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from November 3, 2020 to February 25, 2021 with the majority being on or after February 19.

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."