No more deaths recorded in St Helens

There were no more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in St Helens.

A total of 707 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 15 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from 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 St Helens.

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.