One more death recorded in North Tyneside

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

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter

Published 17th Feb 2023, 08:32 GMT

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 North Tyneside.

The latest figures from the UK coronavirus dashboard show a total of 755 people had died in the area by February 2 – up from 754 on the week before.

They were among 10,117 deaths recorded across the North East.

The weekly figures now include anyone whose death certificate – registered up to 14 days before February 16 (Thursday) – mentions Covid-19 as one of the causes.

A total of 182,131 deaths were recorded throughout England by February 2.