Latest Covid-19 deaths in North

ANOTHER seven people have died with Covid-19 in the North East, according to the latest death figures.

A total of 36,675 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Friday it was announced yesterday.

That’s up by 282 from 36,393 the day before.

In the North East, of the seven patients who tested positive for coronavirus and then died in hospital, three died at County Durham and Darlington hospital trust facilities, two at North Tees and Hartlepool and one each in Northumbria and South Tyneside and Sunderland.

In the 24-hour period up to 9am yesterday, 116,585 tests for Covid-19 were carried out or dispatched nationally, with 2,959 positive results.

Overall a total of 3,348,507 tests have now been carried out and 257,154 cases have been confirmed positive.