Two daily coronavirus deaths in Yorkshire as health officials release latest figures

There were five deaths nationally between Friday and Saturday and two of them were in Bradford in West Yorkshire.

There were no deaths in Leeds, which means Leeds has now gone 31 days without a death in hospital due to Covid-19.

The deaths bring the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,661, NHS England said on Sunday.

Patients were aged between 67 and 86 and all had known underlying health conditions.

The dates of the deaths were September 11 and September 12.

No deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

The death toll in Yorkshire currently stands at 2,923.

Meanwhile, in Scotland, a total of 244 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland in the past 24 hours, the latest Scottish Government figures show – the highest daily figure since May 6.

The statistics show that 22,679 people have now tested positive in Scotland, up from 22,435 the day before.

This is 3.7% of newly-tested individuals.

No deaths of confirmed Covid-19 patients have been recorded in the past 24 hours and the number of fatalities remains at 2,499.

There are 259 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, down by two in 24 hours.

Of these patients, seven were in intensive care, down one.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said there is an issue with young people forgetting the rules when asked if the Government could introduce curfews.

He told Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday: “I think that as you’ve seen we’ve been very prepared to move quickly where necessary and where the evidence points us.

“I think there’s an issue about social occasions and social events and particularly young people getting together and enjoying themselves sometimes a bit too much and forgetting the importance of the rules.

“I think it would be idle of me to speculate as to what measures we might have to bring in as we approach the winter.”

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