More than 250 covid patients in hospital

Latest figures show 251 Covid patients are being treated by South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust as a further 147 people test positive for the virus in the city.

NHS England confirmed yesterday that a further 907 people, who tested positive for tCCovid-19havedied,bringing the total number of confirmed reporteddeathsinhospitalsin England to 69,801.

Patientswereagedbetween 25 and 104 years old. All except 33(aged46to102yearsold)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 it was announced that 28,680 more people have tested positive for Coronavirus, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 3,743,734.

Covid-related deaths in Sunderland – South TynesideandSunderlandNHS Foundation Trust: Number of deaths announced yesterday: 5;Totalnumberofdeathsatthe trust: 781.

According to data released by NHS England.

Cases of coronavirus: 147 new cases yesterday; Total number of cases since March: 18,218.

According to data from Public Health England.

Weekly case rate Sunderland: Weekly case rate for seven days up to January 23 - 336.3 per100,000people;Totalnumber of cases recorded in seven days up to January 23 - 934.

Dataforthemostrecentfive days has been excluded as it is incompleteandmaynotreflect the true number of cases.

Hospital admissions: In hospital: 251; On ventilation: 17; Total admissions: 2,952.

Based on latest available information.