No new deaths have been recorded at Northumbria hospitals for the second consecutive day
NO new deaths of patients who had contracted coronavirus have been recorded at Northumbria Healthcare hospitals for the second day in a row.
The death toll remains at 186, despite fears that a technical issue on Sunday could have skewed the figures.
One new lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded in Northumberland yesterday, bringing the total figure to 930.
Nationally, there have now been 265,227 lab-confirmed cases in the UK, an increase of 2,004 on the previous day.
37,048 people have now died after testing positive for the virus, an increase of 134 on Tuesday.
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