One more death recorded in Knowsley

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the latest weekly period in Knowsley.

A total of 605 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 15 (Thursday) – up from 604 on September 8.

They were among 26,473 deaths recorded across the North West.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Knowsley.

A total of 165,806 deaths were recorded throughout England by September 15 (Thursday) – up from 165,369 last week.

The UK Covid dashboard is now being updated weekly on Thursdays.