Seven more deaths recorded in North Tyneside

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

A total of 697 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on November 3 (Thursday) – up from 690 on the week before.

They were among 9,495 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 170,881 deaths were recorded throughout England by November 3 (Thursday) – up from 169,882 last week.