Eight more deaths recorded in North Tyneside

There were eight more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in North Tyneside.

A total of 750 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on January 26 (Thursday) – up from 742 on the week before.

They were among 9,990 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 North Tyneside.

A total of 180,091 deaths were recorded throughout England by January 26 (Thursday) – up from 179,176 last week.