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Two other more coronavirus-positive patients died in East Yorkshire, bringing the number of deaths locally to 30.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital, confirmed Tuesday that the total has now increased to 30 after two more deaths were reported.
The age of the victims or whether they had any underlying health conditions has not been confirmed.
The trust said: “Unfortunately, we can confirm that since March 19, 30 patients have died at the University of Hull Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust after testing positive for Covid-19.”
“The families of these patients have been informed and our deepest condolences are with them at this difficult time.
“We will continue to announce more patient deaths with positive COVID-19 results, but will only release more details about these patients at the request of their families.”
Three other cases of the virus have also been confirmed in East Riding, bringing the total in our region to 358.
It was also announced Tuesday that a total of 12,107 patients died in the hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK, as of 5pm on Monday, the Health Department said, a 778 increase from 11,329 on the day. previous.
In terms of confirmed cases across the UK, the Health Department said that as of 9am on Tuesday, 302,599 people have been screened, of whom 93,873 tested positive.
In total, 382,650 tests have been completed, with 14,982 tests conducted on Sunday, excluding data from Northern Ireland.
NHS England has announced 744 new deaths from people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed hospital deaths in England to 11,005.
Of the 744 new deaths announced today by NHS England:
– 122 occurred on April 13
– 319 occurred on April 12
– 132 occurred on April 11
A total of 164 of the deaths occurred between April 1 and April 10, and the remaining seven deaths occurred in March, with the earliest death occurring on March 23.
NHS England publishes daily updated figures showing the dates of each coronavirus-related death in England’s hospitals, often including new deaths that occurred several days or even weeks ago. This is due to the time it takes for deaths to confirm as positive for Covid-19, to process post mortem tests, and to validate test data.
Figures released today by NHS England show that April 8 currently has the highest total for most hospital deaths occurring in a single day, 750, although this could change in future updates.
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