No new deaths from coronavirus have been recorded at the Wye Valley Trust in the latest official figures released today.

NHS England figures show 48 people had died in hospital at Wye Valley NHS Trust as of 5pm on Saturday (May 24) – the same number as on Friday at the same time.

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It means no deaths have occurred at hospitals in Herefordshire this week, with the most recent death due to coronavirus last Sunday.

But as death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death, it means some deaths deaths can take several days to be included in the daily figures.

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.

Across England, the death toll hit 25,692 on Saturday, up by 147 from the previous day.