Six more deaths recorded in North Tyneside

There were six more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in North Tyneside.

The dashboard shows 597 people had died in the area by April 20 (Wednesday) – up from 591 on Tuesday.

They were among 8,360 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 149,844 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 20 (Wednesday) – up from 149,401 on Tuesday.