Five more deaths recorded in Sefton

There were five more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in Sefton.

A total of 1,150 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 22 (Thursday) – up from 1,145 a week previously.

They were among 26,535 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 Sefton.

A total of 166,228 deaths were recorded throughout England by September 22 (Thursday) – up from 165,806 last week.