Covid claims further local lives

Eight more coronavirus patients have died at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.

NHS England confirmed yesterday that a further 842 people who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 62,295.

Patients were aged between 28 and 104. All except 35 (aged 54 to 94) had known underlying health conditions.

Deaths are recorded as Covid-19 related where a person has died within 28 days of a positive test.

Across the UK yesterday, 1,610 deaths were reported, the highest death toll of any single day in the pandemic.

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust announced eight deaths, bringing the total to 732.