One more death recorded in North Tyneside

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the last five days in North Tyneside as the UK's public health body moves to weekly reporting of data around the virus.

File photo dated 21/12/2021 of a nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital, in south east London. The Government has been told to "get a grip" of personal protective equipment (PPE) stocks and contracts, as it was disclosed more than half of suppliers who provided items through the VIP fast-track lane provided stock that was not suitable for use on the front line. Issue date: Wednesday March 30, 2022.

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the last five days in North Tyneside as the UK's public health body moves to weekly reporting of data around the virus.

A total of 630 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on July 6 (Wednesday) – up from 629 on Friday.

They were among 8,783 deaths recorded across the North East.

The UK Health Security Agency is now reporting the latest coronavirus statistics weekly – in line with typical schedules for other respiratory infections as a part of the Government's Living with Covid strategy.

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 157,338 deaths were recorded throughout England by July 6 (Wednesday) – up from 157,037 on Friday.