Seven more coronavirus deaths reported in Sheffield

A further seven people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Sheffield, NHS England have confirmed.
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It brings the number of recorded hospital deaths in the city to 209 as of 5pm on Friday. The reporting of hospital deaths has a delay of at least 24 hours, NHS England said.

The families of those who have died have been informed. Tributes have been paid to an Sheffield NHS worker who passed away yesterday after testing positive for coronavirus.

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Nationally, a further 370 people who tested positive for the Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 20,853.

A further seven people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Sheffield hospitals. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)A further seven people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Sheffield hospitals. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A further seven people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Sheffield hospitals. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Across South Yorkshire, three more hospital deaths have been recorded by Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust, bringing the total number of fatalities there to 98. In Barnsley, 84 hospital deaths have now been recorded, an increase of 4 from yesterday. No new hospital deaths have been recorded in Rotherham since Friday.