Two more deaths recorded in Bury

There were two more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Bury.

The dashboard shows 718 people had died in the area by April 5 (Tuesday) – up from 716 on Monday.

It means there have been six deaths in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.

They were among 23,224 deaths recorded across the North West.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Bury.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

A total of 144,065 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 5 (Tuesday) – up from 143,752 the day before.