Coronavirus claims the lives of 16 more people in South Yorkshire

Coronavirus-related fatalites continue to rise in South Yorkshire, with hospitals across the county recording 16 more deaths from the disease within the past 24 hours.
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Five more patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have died in Sheffield hospitals, according to the most recent NHS data published this afternoon (Friday, January 29), bringing the total deaths in the city to 765.

Elsewhere in South Yorkshire, Doncaster was hit by a further two deaths, bringing the death toll in the town to 663.

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In Rotherham there were seven additional deaths, taking the total to 508 and in Barnsley there have been 513 deaths after two more were recorded.

A woman is reflected in a window as she leaves a shop in central Sheffield (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)A woman is reflected in a window as she leaves a shop in central Sheffield (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman is reflected in a window as she leaves a shop in central Sheffield (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Nationwide, figures published by NHS England show 744 hospital deaths were recorded across the country in the 24 hours to 4pm on Thursday, January 28.

This bring’s the total number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths in hospitals across England up to 70,545.

The most recently recorded deaths took place between December 4, 2020 and January 28, 2021 – which accounts for the time taken for positive results to be received and the potential delay between a fatality occurring and the death being recorded.

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NHS England said the age of patients who lost their lives to coronavirus were aged between 20 to 30 years old and 80 and over.

Most people who died from the virus while being treated in hospitals were 60 years old or older.

The Government said that, as of 9am on Friday, there had been a further 29,079 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.

It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,772,813.

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