One more death recorded in Gateshead
There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the weekend in Gateshead.
The dashboard shows 610 people had died in the area by May 9 (Monday) – up from 609 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 Gateshead.
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.