ANOTHER patient has died at Warrington Hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.

This brings the death toll since the start of the pandemic at the Warrington and Halton NHS Trust to 245 - up one since yesterday, Monday.

A further two people have also been admitted to Warrington Hospital in the past 24 hours after testing positive for the virus, bringing the number of coronavirus inpatients to 154.

Of these, 18 are in intensive care.

Meanwhile, the trust has tested 39,106 people for Covid-19, including both inpatients and people in the community, with 2,750 returning a positive test.

Overall, 816 patients have been discharged from the trust's care after recovering from the virus.