No more deaths recorded in South Tyneside

There were no more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in South Tyneside.

A total of 614 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on August 10 (Wednesday) – which was unchanged from a week previously.

They were among 9,044 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 162,550 deaths were recorded throughout England by August 10 (Wednesday) – up from 161,560 last week.