THERE have been no further coronavirus patient deaths in hospitals in the North-East and North Yorkshire.

Latest figures published this afternoon confirm the region’s hospital death toll has stayed the same.

However, four more people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,456, NHS England said.


The patients were aged between 66 and 88 and they all had known underlying health conditions.


Six deaths have been reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.