Another death has been recorded in Northumbria NHS Trust hospitals and attributed to Covid-19.

The death occurred on July 6 and is the 735th Covid-related death in the trust’s hospitals according to figures from Public Health England.

As of most recent Northumberland County Council statistics published on July 6, the number of positive cases by ward in Tynedale and Ponteland is as follows.

Ponteland North – 62

Prudhoe North – 41

Prudhoe South – 34

Ponteland East and Stannington – 33

Ponteland South with Heddon – 30

Ponteland West – 25

Hexham Central with Acomb – 22

Stocksfield and Broomhaugh – 20

Bywell – 20

Corbridge – 18

Haltwhistle – 13

Humshaugh – 11

Hexham West – 10

Haydon and Hadrian – 10

South Tynedale – 8

Hexham East – 8

Bellingham – 8

In total, there have now been 21,378 positive Coronavirus cases recorded in Northumberland.