NO hospital Coronavirus deaths were reported in Cumbria for Saturday.
The North Cumbria Integrated NHS Foundation Trust, which runs The Cumberland Infirmary, in Carlisle, and West Cumberland Hospital, in Whitehaven - recorded no fatalities due to the virus.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust ,which runs hospitals in Barrow and Kendal, reported the same.
The figures were published in the daily tallies by NHS England today but could subject to revision in the future.
Data includes "information on the deaths of patients who have died in hospitals and had tested positive for COVID-19 or where it was mentioned on the death certificate."
Both trusts recorded a total of 284 hospital deaths so far, the north Cumbria trust accounts for 129 of these.
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