Six more deaths recorded in North Somerset

There were six more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in North Somerset.

A total of 577 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on January 26 (Thursday) – up from 571 on the week before.

They were among 13,532 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.

A total of 180,091 deaths were recorded throughout England by January 26 (Thursday) – up from 179,176 last week.