One more person has died in hospital in the North East after contracting coronavirus.
NHS England reported on Tuesday that eight more people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,619.
Of those deaths, one occurred in the North East and Yorkshire NHS region, which was reported by the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.
The latest figures came as the North East and the UK saw a sharp increase in confirmed cases over the past week.
For the last two days, the Government has reported that almost 3,000 new cases have been confirmed, with 2,988 on Sunday and 2,948 on Monday.
In the North East, the number of cases tripled in Gateshead over seven days - an increase in 241%.
In Sunderland, the infection rate is more times four times the level it was a week ago with an increase of 364%.
In Northumberland cases have increased by 135%, though the number of cases per 100,000 remains low, while cases in Newcastle are up 123%, North Tyneside has seen a 132% increase while County Durham has seen a 70% increase in the number of cases.
South Tyneside has seen a 19% increase but it has one of the highest number of cases in the region with 42.6 cases per 100,000 people.
Deaths reported by NHS England on September 8
East of England - 1
London - 0
Midlands - 0
North East & Yorkshire - 1
North West - 6
South East - 0
South West - 0
