No new coronavirus deaths have been recorded today at Wirral hospitals, NHS England has confirmed.

It means the number of people who have died in Wirral University Teaching Hospital with the virus stays at 205.

A further 116 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 25,866.

Patients were aged between 50 and 100 years old.  One of the 116 patients (aged 71) had no known underlying health condition.  

Their families have been informed.