Four more deaths recorded in St Helens

There were four more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in St Helens.

A total of 712 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on October 6 (Thursday) – up from 708 on September 8.

They were among 26,672 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 St Helens.

A total of 167,176 deaths were recorded throughout England by October 6 (Thursday) – up from 166,623 last week.