No new coronavirus deaths at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust
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NHS England figures show 317 people had died in hospital at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which includes Pinderfields, Pontefract and Dewsbury, as of 5pm on Monday (June 22) – the same number as on Sunday.
A week ago, there had been 315 deaths recorded.
The victims were among 4,164 deaths recorded across the North East and Yorkshire.
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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 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."
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Across England, the death toll hit 28,383 on Monday, up from 28,337 on Sunday.
Separate figures from the Department of Health and Social Care show 305,289 people had tested positive for Covid-19 across the UK as of 9am on Monday, up from 304,331.
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