One more death recorded in Newcastle

A nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital, in south east London. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021.

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the latest weekly period in Newcastle.

The latest figures from the UK coronavirus dashboard show a total of 776 people had died in the area by June 8 – up from 775 on the week before.

They were among 10,810 deaths recorded across the North East.

The weekly figures now include anyone whose death certificate – registered up to 14 days before June 22 (Thursday) – mentions Covid-19 as one of the causes.

A total of 192,716 deaths were recorded throughout England by June 8.