Two more deaths recorded in St Helens
There were two more coronavirus deaths recorded over the weekend in St Helens.
A total of 665 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on May 16 (Monday) – up from 663 on Friday.
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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.
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 152,628 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 16 (Monday) – up from 152,433 on Friday.