Todays figures show a further 79 people in Yorkshire and the North East, who tested positive to covid-19, have died – the two deaths at Harrogate District Hospital were recorded yesterday.  The figure for the region was lower than that of the Midlands, which saw the highest number of recorded daily deaths at 170, and the North West at 102. London was 158.

The total number of deaths at Harrogate hospital is now 24.

Public Health England’s Medical Director, Professor Yvonne Doyle, warned yesterday that while the number of people in hospital with coronavirus in London was stabilising, Yorkshire and the North East is an area “where pressure was building”.

Todays figures show that across England a further 667 people died from coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 10,261.

Patients were aged between 17 and 101 years old.  40 of them had no known underlying health condition.

These figures do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in care homes.

There has been one more coronavirus-related death at Harrogate NHS Foundation Trust in the latest information released by the NHS.

The patient died yesterday, Friday April 10th, bringing the total number of deaths at the hospital to 21. Of those, 12 have been in the last week, with the first death on March 16th.

Nationally, NHS England has confirmed a further 823 fatalities today, with patients aged between 11 and 102. Thirty-three of those, aged between 29 and 94, had no known underlying health conditions.

The number of confirmed deaths only covers those in hospital. Any in the community, including care homes, are not counted.

No statistics have been released about the number of patients who have tested positive for coronavirus before recovering and being discharged from hospital.