NO new coronavirus death have been recorded at the Wye Valley Trust in the past 24 hours, the latest official figures show.

NHS England figures show 32 people had died in hospital at the Wye Valley NHS Trust as of 5pm on Thursday (April 30) - the same number as on Wednesday.

The victims were among 4,021 deaths recorded across the midlands, which is the second worst affected of England's seven NHS regions after London.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

This means some of the deaths that were first recorded in the last 24 hours may actually have taken place days earlier.

NHS England guidance states: "Confirmation of Covid-19 diagnosis, death notification and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure."

Only deaths that occur in hospitals where the patient has tested positive for Covid-19 are recorded, with deaths in the community excluded, such as those in care homes.

Across England, the death toll hit 20,483 on Thursday, up from 20,131.

Separate figures from the Department of Health and Social Care show 171,253 people had tested positive for Covid-19 across the UK as of 9am on Thursday, up from 165,221 on Wednesday.