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Phoebe Fuller

Landmark in Leeds' coronavirus battle as hospitals go two weeks without any deaths

It has now been exactly two weeks since a patient being treated at hospitals in Leeds for coronavirus passed away. 

It means the death toll for the city since the start of the outbreak remains at 340.

However, there has been one coronavirus death recorded by Yorkshire hospitals in the past 24 hours.

The patient died at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which brings the total number of Covid deaths in Yorkshire to 2,592.

Across England, a further seven people who had tested positive for coronavirus have died.

This brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in English hospitals to 29,531.

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Of those deaths recorded in the past day, the patients were between 77 and 90-years-old and all had known underlying health conditions.

Despite a fortnight with no deaths, Leeds unfortunately saw its infection rate creep up last week.

In the seven days up to August 23, the infection rate in the city rose from 17.9 (142) to 20.4 (162).

Leeds was one of only two places in Yorkshire to see its infection rate rise, alongside Richmondshire in North Yorkshire.

Meanwhile, infection rates across the rest of Yorkshire have continued to fall.

Total coronavirus hospital deaths in Yorkshire 

  • York - 214
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  • Harrogate - 82
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  • Sheffield - 294
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  • Leeds - 340
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  • Rotherham - 210
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  • Barnsley - 148
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  • Mid Yorkshire - 336
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  • Bradford - 241
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  • Hull - 208
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  • Airedale - 109
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  • Doncaster - 233
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  • Calderdale and Huddersfield - 162
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  • Beverley - 15
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