No more deaths recorded in Newcastle

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

A total of 672 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on August 24 (Wednesday) – which was unchanged from a week previously.

They were among 9,116 deaths recorded across the North East.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Newcastle.

A total of 164,168 deaths were recorded throughout England by August 24 (Wednesday) – up from 163,445 last week.