More deaths recorded at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS trust as total reaches 274

Currently in the Trust's hospitals have 120 inpatients who have tested positive for Covid-19, 10 of whom are being cared for in the Intensive Care Units.

Since the start of the pandemic, 274 patients who were being cared for at our Trust and had tested positive for Covid-19, have died*.

The Trust's Medical Director, Dr David Birkenhead said: “These are difficult times for all the families involved and our thoughts are with them”.

The total number of coronavirus patients to have died at hospital in Yorkshire has reached 4,197.

Deaths were recorded where a patient either tested positive for Covid-19 or where no positive test result was received for Covid-19, but Covid-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.

NHS England releases updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death at hospitals in England, often including previously uncounted deaths that took place several days or even weeks ago.

Across all English hospitals, a further 346 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 37,470.

Covid-19 case rates in England have fallen for most adult age groups, though they are continuing to rise among people over 70, according to the latest weekly surveillance report from Public Health England.

The highest rate is still among 20 to 29 year-olds, which stood at 362.1 cases per 100,000 people in the week to November 15, down from 389.9 in the previous week.

Rates have also dropped among 30 to 39 year-olds (from 338.6 to 324.3), 40 to 49 year-olds (316.3 to 313.7), 50 to 59 year-olds (306.1 to 302.3) and 60 to 69 year-olds (217.5 to 209.6).

But rates have risen slightly for 70 to 79-year olds, from 146.1 to 147.5, while for those aged 80 and over rates have climbed from 235.5 to 245.3.

The rate has also increased for 10-19 year-olds, from 232.8 to 257.4.