One more death recorded in Barking and Dagenham

There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Barking and Dagenham.

The dashboard shows 584 people had died in the area by April 27 (Wednesday) – up from 583 on Tuesday.

They were among 19,836 deaths recorded across London.

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

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

A total of 151,680 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 27 (Wednesday) – up from 151,418 on Tuesday.