One more death recorded in North Somerset

There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in North Somerset.

The dashboard shows 477 people had died in the area by May 5 (Thursday) – up from 476 on Wednesday.

They were among 10,692 deaths recorded across the South West.

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

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

A total of 153,021 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 5 (Thursday) – up from 152,628 on Wednesday.

Deaths reported today for England include a backlog that weren't reported on May 4 due to a technical issue.