One more death recorded in Liverpool

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the bank holiday weekend in Liverpool.

A total of 1,666 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on June 6 (Monday) – up from 1,665 on Wednesday.

They were among 24,938 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 Liverpool.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

Figures reported on a Monday are likely to be lower as a result of a lag in reporting deaths over the weekend.

A total of 155,548 deaths were recorded throughout England by June 6 (Monday) – up from 155,470 on Wednesday.