A FURTHER 157 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died across the country. 

NHS England has announced 157 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 25,544 - originally reported as 25,545 by NHS England.

Of the 157 new deaths announced on Saturday:

- 30 occurred on May 22

- 81 occurred on May 21

- 19 occurred on May 20

The figures also show 24 of the new deaths took place between May 1 and May 19, and the remaining three deaths took place in April with the earliest new death on April 22.

NHS England releases updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death in hospitals in England, often including previously uncounted deaths that took place several days or even weeks ago. This is because of the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19, for post-mortem examinations to be processed and for data from the tests to be validated.

The figures published today by NHS England show April 8 continues to have the highest number for the most hospital deaths occurring on a single day, with a current total of 891.

Of the 25,545 confirmed reported deaths so far in hospitals in England of people who tested positive for Covid-19, 13,507 (53 per cent) have been people aged 80 and over while 9,814 (38 per cent) were aged 60-79.

A further 2,026 (8 pre cent) were aged 40-59, with 182 (1 per cent) aged 20-39 and 16 (0.06 per cent) aged 0-19, according to NHS England.

The number of deaths announced so far by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust stands at 884.

This is the highest number for any trust in England.

Barts Health NHS Trust has announced 591 deaths and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust has announced 576 deaths.

Six trusts have announced between 400 and 500 deaths: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (488), the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (480), the University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust (463), Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (416), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (411), and Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (408).