Three new Yorkshire coronavirus deaths recorded

A further three coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Yorkshire according to new figures.
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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust all recorded a single new coronavirus death.

The death toll in Yorkshire now stands at 2,979.

The highest number of deaths have come in Leeds, with a total of 347 people dying from the virus in the city's hospitals.

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NHS England publishes the number of patients who have died in hospital and tested positive for COVID-19 in England.

Since Tuesday, April 28 NHS England and NHS Improvement also reports the number of patient deaths where there has been no COVID-19 positive test result, but where COVID-19 is documented as a direct or underlying cause of death on part 1 or part 2 of the death certification process.