Zero more deaths recorded in Barking and Dagenham

There were zero more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Barking and Dagenham.

The dashboard shows 559 people had died in the area by April 5 (Tuesday) – which was unchanged from Monday.

It means there has been one death in the past week, which is the same as the previous week.

They were among 19,210 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, so some areas might see their figures revised down.

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