Four more deaths recorded in Wirral

There were four more coronavirus deaths recorded over the weekend in Wirral.

The dashboard shows 1,070 people had died in the area by May 9 (Monday) – up from 1,066 on Friday.

They were among 24,608 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 Wirral.

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 153,404 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 9 (Monday) – up from 153,224 on Friday.