A FURTHER coronavirus-related death has been recorded at Northumbria Healthcare hospitals within the latest 24 hour period.

The news means the death toll at the trust’s hospitals now stands at 737 since the pandemic began last March.

The total number of Covid cases in the county has also increased by 284 compared to yesterday’s figures, with the number now standing at 22,536.

In our region, currently Haltwhsitle is the worse affected ward in regards to the number of current Covid cases that have been confirmed within the latest seven-day period with 63.

The full list of wards in our region is as follows:

Haltwhsitle – 63 cases

Prudhoe South – 56 cases

Prudhoe North – 45 cases

Ponteland East and Stannington – 45 cases

Ponteland North – 44 cases

Stocksfield and Broomhaugh – 40 cases

Bywell – 38 cases

Ponteland West – 23 cases

Ponteland South with Heddon – 22 cases

Haydon and Hadrian – 19 cases

Corbridge – 18 cases

South Tynedale – 15 cases

Humshaugh – 15 cases

Hexham East – 13 cases

Bellingham – 12 cases

Hexham West – 9 cases