Three new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Leeds hospitals

The NHS England update reflects deaths from the latest reporting period from 5pm on Wednesday, June 17 to 5pm on Thursday, June 18.

One patient died on Wednesday, June 10, one patient died on Thursday, June 11 and the other died on Friday, June 12.

It brings the total number of coronavirus deaths at hospitals in Leeds to 323.

NHS England releases updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death in hospitals in England, often including previously uncounted deaths that took place several days or even weeks ago.

This is because of the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19, for post-mortem examinations to be processed, and for data from the tests to be validated.

Across Yorkshire, a total of six new coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals.

The new deaths confirmed across each hospital trust in Yorkshire are as follows:

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - 1

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust - 1

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - 3

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust - 1

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