A FURTHER eight coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed at Northumbria Healthcare hospitals.

It follows two days of no Covid deaths having been recorded.

NHS England figures show the death toll at the trust's hospitals now stands at 685.

It comes as 23 new, positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the county yesterday (Tuesday) - taking the total since the start of the pandemic, last March, to 16,531 according to Public Health England.

Northumberland County Council ward data has not yet been updated.