A SINGLE new coronavirus related death has been recorded in English hospitals in the latest figures from NHS England.
The death occurred on September 13 at the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the north-east.
No deaths have been reported at hospitals in Herefordshire since July 15, meaning the death toll at hospitals in the county stands at 57.
The latest figure means that 29,662 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospitals in England as of 4pm on September 13.
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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 latest period 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."
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