Five more deaths recorded in South Tyneside

There were five more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in South Tyneside.

A total of 633 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on October 27 (Thursday) – up from 628 on the week before.

They were among 9,431 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 South Tyneside.

A total of 169,882 deaths were recorded throughout England by October 27 (Thursday) – up from 168,913 last week.