One more death recorded in North Tyneside

There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in North Tyneside.

A total of 623 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on June 9 (Thursday) – up from 622 on Wednesday.

They were among 8,679 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.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

A total of 155,825 deaths were recorded throughout England by June 9 (Thursday) – up from 155,765 on Wednesday.