Two more deaths recorded in Knowsley

There were two more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in Knowsley.

A total of 610 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on October 13 (Thursday) – up from 608 on September 8.

They were among 26,767 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 167,949 deaths were recorded throughout England by October 13 (Thursday) – up from 167,176 last week.