Two patients being treated for coronavirus at Leeds hospital

The infected patients are being isolated and treated by specialist teams.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said it is still safe to come to hospital when required, but visiting policy has been revised.

Dr Yvette Oade, Chief Medical Officer at the Trust said: “We are currently caring for two patients who have tested positive for the COVID-19 infection.

“They are being well cared for, with all of the appropriate protection measures in place, and I would like to wish them both a very speedy recovery.”

Visitors can now only visit Leeds hospitals between 2pm-4pm and 6pm-8pm, limited to two visitors per hospital bed.

All visitors are required to wash their hands with soap and water as soon as arriving at the hospital, again on arrival at a ward or clinical area and when leaving the ward or clinical area.

A total of 1,950 people in the UK have tested positive for coronavirus as of 9am today, with the total death toll now at 71.

The government has advised against all "non-essential contact" and "unnecessary travel", particularly for people over 70, for pregnant women and for those with some health conditions.

If one person in a house has symptoms, including a continuous cough or fever, the whole family are now advised to stay at home for 14 days.